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Deadliest incident in pilgrimage’s history has yet to be fully investigated by Saudi authorities.
The death toll from last month’s haj stampede has topped 2,000, according to tallies given by foreign officials, making it the deadliest disaster in the pilgrimage’s history by far.
Saudi Arabia has yet to provide an updated death toll after saying 769 people died in the tragedy near Mecca, home of Islam’s holiest sites. But figures given by more than 30 governments around the world show that at least 2,097 foreign pilgrims have died.
Saudi authorities have not given a toll for any deaths among their own nationals.
The loss of life in the Sept. 24 disaster far exceeds the 1,426 pilgrims who died in the haj’s worst previous incident—a tunnel stampede in July 1990.
Here is a breakdown of the dead from foreign governments:
Iran: 464 dead
Nigeria: 199 dead
Mali: 198 dead
Egypt: 182 dead
Bangladesh: 137
Indonesia: 129 dead
India: 116 dead
Pakistan: 89 dead
Cameroon: 76 dead
Niger: 72 dead
Senegal: 62 dead
Chad: 52 dead
Ivory Coast: 52 dead
Benin: 52 dead
Morocco: 36 dead
Ethiopia: 31 dead
Sudan: 30 dead
Algeria: 28 dead
Burkina Faso: 22 dead
Ghana: 17 dead
Libya: 10 dead
Somalia: 8 dead
Tunisia: 7 dead
Kenya: 6 dead
Mauritius: 5 dead
Tanzania: 4 dead
China: 4 dead
Afghanistan: 3 dead
Burundi: 1 dead
Iraq: 1 dead
Jordan: 1 dead
Netherlands: 1 dead
Oman: 1 dead
Malaysia: 1 dead
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Let the responsible minister face an international court.