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Foreign toll in Saudi hajj stampede

By AFP
25 September 2015   |   10:45 am
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: 3 dead - Burundi: 1 dead - Cameroon: about 20 -…
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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: 3 dead

– Burundi: 1 dead

– Cameroon: about 20

– Chad: 11

– 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

– Pakistan: 7 dead

– Senegal: 5 dead

– Somalia: 8 dead, according to media reports

– Tanzania: 4 dead

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