Foreign toll in Saudi hajj stampede
Saudi authorities have yet to provide a breakdown of the nationalities of the 769 Muslim pilgrims killed in last Thursday’s hajj stampede, but several countries have announced the deaths of their citizens.
Here is the toll given by foreign officials and media so far:
– Iran: 239 dead, 241 missing
– Egypt: 75 dead, 94 missing
– Nigeria: 64 dead, 244 missing
– Indonesia: 57 dead, 78 missing
– Mali: 53 dead, 129 missing
– India: 45 dead
– Pakistan: 40 dead, more than 60 missing
– Niger: 22 dead
– Cameroon: at least 20 dead
– Ivory Coast: 14 dead, 77 missing
– Chad: 11 dead
– Algeria: 11 dead
– Somalia: 8 dead (media reports)
– Senegal: 7 dead, 52 missing
– Morocco: 10 dead, 29 missing
– Libya: 4 dead, 16 missing
– Tanzania: 4 dead
– Kenya: 3 dead
– Tunisia: 2 dead
– Burkina Faso: 1 dead
– Burundi: 1 dead
– Netherlands: 1 dead
– Benin: unspecified number of deaths
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