Countries Announce Deaths of Nationals in Saudi Hajj Stampede
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Saudi authorities have yet to provide a breakdown of the nationalities of over 1000 pilgrims killed in Thursday's Hajj stampede, but several countries have announced the deaths of nationals.
According to AFP on Friday, the following is the toll given by foreign officials and media so far:
- Algeria: 3 dead
- Burundi: 1 dead
- Egypt: 14 dead
- Iran: 131 dead
- India: 14 dead
- Indonesia: 3 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
According to media reports, at least 1300 pilgrims were killed Thursday in the stampede outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, the worst disaster to strike the annual Hajj pilgrimage in 25 years.
Photographs published on the Twitter feed of the Saudi civil defense Thursday showed pilgrims lying on stretchers while emergency workers in high-visibility jackets lifted them into an ambulance.