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From India about 45...stats for Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Afghans unknown...thus far.
Pakistani and Bangladeshi troops are in the holy sites working with the Saudi security authorities, but the sheer VOLUME of pilgrims coming into the place each year seems to have overwhelmed the organizational capabilities of the corrupt Saudi Israeli loving guardians of the two holy sites.
This is not the first such incident.
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Iranian pilgrims death toll from Mina crush rises to 226
The photo shows the bodies of a number of
pilgrims killed in a crush during Hajj rituals in Mina, Saudi Arabia.
Presstv.com
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The number of Iranian pilgrims killed in the recent tragedy in Saudi Arabia’s Mina has increased to 226.
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That was announced late Monday by head of the Iranian Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeid Ouhadi who also put the number of wounded Iranian pilgrims at 27, with 248 Iranians still unaccounted for.
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The Saudi Health Ministry says around 770 people lost their lives in the crush in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, on September 24. However, Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization puts the total number of pilgrims killed in the incident at more than 2,000.
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The wounded are under treatment in hospitals in Mecca, Ouhadi noted.
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He said a number of those who had gone missing have been identified and are in good health.
The number of Iranian pilgrims killed in the recent tragedy in Saudi Arabia’s Mina has increased to 226.
.
That was announced late Monday by head of the Iranian Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeid Ouhadi who also put the number of wounded Iranian pilgrims at 27, with 248 Iranians still unaccounted for.
.
The Saudi Health Ministry says around 770 people lost their lives in the crush in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, on September 24. However, Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization puts the total number of pilgrims killed in the incident at more than 2,000.
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The wounded are under treatment in hospitals in Mecca, Ouhadi noted.
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He said a number of those who had gone missing have been identified and are in good health.
