Saudi emergency personnel stand near bodies of Hajj pilgrims at the site where at least 717 were killed and hundreds wounded in a stampede in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, at the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2015. The stampede, the second deadly accident to strike the pilgrims this year, broke out during the symbolic stoning of the devil ritual, the Saudi civil defence service said. AFP PHOTO / STR
Saudi authorities have yet to provide a breakdown of the nationalities of the 717 pilgrims killed in Thursday’s hajj stampede, but several foreign countries have announced the deaths of nationals.
Here is the toll given by foreign officials and media so far:
– Algeria: 4 dead
– Benin: deaths confirmed but number unspecified
– Burundi: 1 dead
– Cameroon: at least 20 dead
– Chad: 11 dead
– Egypt: 14 dead
– India: 14 dead
– Indonesia: 3 dead
– Iran: 131 dead
– Kenya: 3 dead
– Morocco: 87 dead, according to Moroccan media
– Netherlands: 1 dead
– Niger: at least 19 dead
– Nigeria: 3 dead
– Pakistan: 7 dead
– Senegal: 5 dead
– Somalia: 8 dead, according to media reports
– Tanzania: 4 dead
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