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Foreign toll figures show Haj stampede deadliest in history

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Foreign toll figures show Haj stampede deadliest in history

Published: Wed 14 Oct 2015, 2:14 PM

Last updated: Thu 15 Oct 2015, 10:32 AM

The death toll from last month's Haj stampede has risen to at least 1,633, according to tallies given by foreign officials, making it the deadliest incident in the pilgrimage's history.
Hundreds of pilgrims have also not been accounted for following the September 24 stampede at the Haj, one of the largest annual gatherings in the world.
Many foreign governments have provided numbers on pilgrims killed from their countries and an AFP tally shows the death toll has overtaken the 1,426 pilgrims who died in the Haj's worst previous incident - a tunnel stampede in July 1990.
Here is a breakdown of the dead from foreign governments:
Iran: 464 dead
Egypt: 177 dead
Nigeria: 145 dead
Indonesia: 127 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
Kenya: 6 dead
Ghana: 5 dead
Mauritius: 5 dead
Tanzania: 4 dead
Tunisia: 4 dead
Burundi: 1 dead
Iraq: 1 dead
Jordan: 1 dead
Netherlands: 1 dead
Oman: 1 dead

By AFP

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