Hajj stampede deadliest ever as death toll rises to 1,791
- By AFP -
- Oct 19, 2015
Saudi Arabia has yet to provide an updated death toll after saying 769 Muslim pilgrims had died in the tragedy near Makkah.
Hundreds of pilgrims have also not been accounted for following the September 24 stampede at the Hajj, one of the largest annual gatherings in the world.
But many foreign governments have provided numbers on pilgrims killed from their countries. An AFP tally shows the death toll has overtaken the 1,426 pilgrims who died in the Hajj’s worst previous incident — a tunnel stampede in July 1990.
Here is a breakdown of the dead from foreign governments:
Iran: 464 dead
Egypt: 182 dead
Nigeria: 145 dead
Indonesia: 129 dead
India: 101 dead
Pakistan: 87 dead
Bangladesh: 79
Mali: 60 dead
Senegal: 54 dead
Chad: 52 dead
Benin: 34 dead
Morocco: 33 dead
Ethiopia: 31 dead
Sudan: 30 dead
Algeria: 28 dead
Niger: 28 dead
Burkina Faso: 22 dead
Cameroon: 20 dead
Ivory Coast: 14 dead
Libya: 10 dead
Somalia: 8 dead
Tunisia: 7 dead
Kenya: 6 dead
Ghana: 5 dead
Mauritius: 5 dead
Tanzania: 4 dead
Burundi: 1 dead
Iraq: 1 dead
Jordan: 1 dead
Netherlands: 1 dead
Oman: 1 dead