Foreign toll in Saudi hajj stampede

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Saudi authorities have yet to provide a breakdown of the nationalities of the 769 Muslim pilgrims killed in Thursday’s hajj stampede, but several countries have announced the deaths of nationals.

Here is the toll given by foreign officials and media so far:

– Iran: 169 dead and 298 missing

– Morocco: 87 dead (Moroccan media), 3 dead and many missing (official)

– Egypt: 55 dead

– Nigeria: 54 dead

– Indonesia: 41 dead

– India: 35 dead

– Cameroon: at least 20 dead

– Niger: 22 dead

– Pakistan: 18 dead

– Ivory Coast: 14 dead, 77 missing

– Chad: 11 dead

– Somalia: 8 dead (media reports)

– Algeria: 8 dead

– Senegal: 5 dead

– Libya: 4 dead

– Tanzania: 4 dead

– Kenya: 3 dead

– Burkina Faso: 1 dead

– Burundi: 1 dead (Muslim association)

– Netherlands: 1 dead

– Tunisia: 1 dead

– Benin: unspecified number of deaths

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