The death toll of Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims in Mina stampede climbed to 79 while 70 others are still missing, said Religious Affairs Secretary Chowdhury Md Babul Hassan.
“As per the updated report received from Bangladesh Consulate General in Jeddah, 79 dead bodies of Bangladeshi pilgrims have so far been found, who had lost their lives in the Mina incident on September 24, 2015,” he said while briefing the media at his Secretariat office on Sunday.
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Some 70 Bangladeshi devotees are still missing, he added. “The injured hajis are being undergoing treatment at Al Noor Hospital, King Abdullah Hospital and Mina Hospital.
As of Friday, a new tally shows that the stampede during Hajj in Saudi Arabia’s Mina last month killed at least 1,453 people, making it the deadliest event to ever strike the annual pilgrimage.
The fresh death toll, compiled by news agency Associated Press, is 684 higher than Saudi Arabia’s official tally of 769 killed and 934 injured in the September 24 disaster.
The AP figure comes from statements and officials’ comments from 19 of the over 180 countries that sent citizens to the five-day annual pilgrimage.
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Others include India with 101, Nigeria with 99, Pakistan with 93, Mali with 70, Senegal with 54, Benin with 51, Cameroon with 42, Ethiopia with 31, Sudan with 30, Morocco with 27, Algeria with 25, Ghana with 12, Chad with 11, Kenya with eight and Turkey with three. Hundreds remain missing, according to these countries.