Foreign toll in Saudi hajj stampede
Saudi authorities have yet to provide a breakdown of the nationalities of the 769 Muslim pilgrims killed in the hajj stampede, but several countries have announced the deaths of their citizens.
Here is the toll given by foreign officials and media so far:
– Iran: 464 dead
– Egypt: 75 dead, 95 missing
– Nigeria: 64 dead, 244 missing
– Mali: 60 dead
– Indonesia: 59 dead, 74 missing
– India: 51 dead, 63 missing
– Pakistan: 46 dead, more than 40 missing
– Niger: 22 dead
– Cameroon: 20 dead
– Ivory Coast: 14 dead, 77 missing
– Chad: 11 dead
– Algeria: 11 dead
– Senegal: 10 dead
– Morocco: 10 dead, 29 missing
– Somalia: 8 dead (media reports)
– Libya: 4 dead, 16 missing
– Tanzania: 4 dead
– Kenya: 3 dead
– Tunisia: 2 dead
– Burkina Faso: 1 dead
– Burundi: 1 dead
– Netherlands: 1 dead
– Benin: unspecified number of deaths
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