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Death toll of Indians in Haj stampede rises to 45

Mina - The Haj Consulate in Jeddah on Monday said the deceased included three pilgrims from West Bengal and two each from Kerala and Jharkhand and one each from Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.

The number of Indians killed in a stampede during Haj rose to 45 on Monday as authorities identified 10 more bodies among the victims of the tragedy.
The Haj Consulate in Jeddah on Monday said the deceased included three pilgrims from West Bengal and two each from Kerala and Jharkhand and one each from Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
Earlier, 13 more bodies were identified among the dead on Sunday raising the death toll to 35.
Saudi authorities have declared the total death toll from the stampede during Haj to 769. The number of injured stands at 934. At least 13 Indians were among those injured.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has ordered the formation of a committee to probe the deadly incident during the pilgrimage in which around two million people from over 180 countries took part. From India, 1.5 lakh pilgrims performed Haj.
The stampede broke out after two massive lines of pilgrims converged on each other from different directions at an intersection.
It was the second major accident this year for pilgrims, after a construction crane collapsed on September 11 at Makkah's Grand Mosque, killing over 100 people, including 11 Indians.
 

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