Haj stampede death toll tops 2,000: Foreign figures

Dubai - The figures given by more than 30 governments around the world show that at least 2,097 foreign pilgrims died.

By AFP

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Published: Wed 21 Oct 2015, 12:14 PM

Last updated: Wed 21 Oct 2015, 2:17 PM

The death toll from last month's Haj stampede has topped 2,000, according to tallies given by foreign officials, making it the deadliest disaster in the pilgrimage's history by far.
The figures given by more than 30 governments around the world show that at least 2,097 foreign pilgrims died, according to an AFP tally.
The loss of life in the September 24 disaster far exceeds 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
- Nigeria: 199 dead
- Mali 198 dead
- Egypt: 182 dead
- Bangladesh: 137
- Indonesia: 129 dead
- India: 116 dead
- Pakistan: 89 dead
- Cameroon: 76 dead
- Niger: 72 dead
- Senegal: 62 dead
- Chad: 52 dead
- Ivory Coast: 52 dead
- Benin: 52 dead
- Morocco: 36 dead
- Ethiopia: 31 dead
- Sudan: 30 dead
- Algeria: 28 dead
- Burkina Faso: 22 dead
- Ghana: 17 dead
- Libya: 10 dead
- Somalia: 8 dead
- Tunisia: 7 dead
- Kenya: 6 dead
- Mauritius: 5 dead
- Tanzania: 4 dead
- China: 4 dead
- Afghanistan: 3 dead
- Burundi: 1 dead
- Iraq: 1 dead
- Jordan: 1 dead
- Netherlands: 1 dead
- Oman: 1 dead
- Malaysia: 1 dead
 


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