The death toll of Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims in Mina stampede climbed to 41, said a Foreign Ministry press release yesterday.
“As per the updated report received from Bangladesh Consulate General in Jeddah, 41 dead bodies of Bangladeshi pilgrims have so far been found, who had lost their lives in the Mina incident on September 24, 2015,” said the statement issued by the ministry in the afternoon.
Out of 41 bodies, identities of 18 pilgrims has been confirmed, names of 12 have been found and the remaining 11 are unnamed.
The hospitals where Bangladeshis are currently admitted include Al Noor Hospital, King Abdullah Hospital and Mina Hospital.
The Saudi government was not letting anyone enter those hospitals to collect information about the injured.
At least 769 pilgrims – according to the Saudi Health Ministry – were killed on September 24 in a stampede in Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, where some two million people gathered to perform hajj this year.
However, high echelon of Indian and Pakistani authorities confirmed that Saudi authorities provided more than 1,000 photographs of the dead to foreign diplomats from the hajj stampede.
Relatives, accompanying pilgrims and hajj agents of the missing pilgrims have been requested to contact Bangladesh Hajj Mission at Makkah (room no 107, phone- 00966-(0)125413980, [email protected]) with a view to helping identify the dead bodies.
Officials of Bangladesh Consulate General, Jeddah and Bangladesh Hajj Mission, Makkah are in touch with the hospital authorities concerned to ensure proper treatment for them.
