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Hajj Stampede: Nigeria Death Toll Now 64 as NAHCON identifies more bodies

As the tragic incidence at the 2015 Hajj, is still a shock to many, Alhaji Uba Mana, the Director, Public Affairs of the commission, said 244 Nigeria pilgrims had been declared missing.

Mana said 71 pilgrims were injured as against the 61 pilgrims earlier announced by the commission.

He said of the 64 deceased pilgrims, 46 were transported to Saudi Arabia by state pilgrims’ welfare agencies and 18 by private tour operators.

Mana also said that 12 of the 71 injured pilgrims were transported to Saudi Arabia by tour operator and 59 by state pilgrims’ welfare agencies.

He said the deceased were from Adamawa,Bauchi, Borno, Ekiti, Jigawa, FCT, Cross Rivers, Gombe, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kaduna, Kwara, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Plateau, Rivers Sokoto, Yobe, Taraba, and Zamfara.

NAN recalls that more than 749 pilgrims were reported to have died, and 805 others injured, during Thursday’s stampede on the way to the Jamrat complex (stoning site) in Mina, Saudi Arabia: NAN

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