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| Updated foreign toll figures show hajj tragedy deadliest in history |
| 2015-10-12 |
| [AlAhram] The corpse count from last month's stampede at the hajj has risen to at least 1,535, according to tallies given by foreign officials, making it the deadliest incident in the pilgrimage's history. Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... has yet to provide an updated corpse count after saying two days after the stampede that 769 Muslim pilgrims had died. Saudi authorities have also not provided a breakdown by nationality. Hundreds of pilgrims have also not been accounted for following the September 24 stampede at the hajj, one of the largest annual gatherings in the world. But many foreign governments have provided numbers on pilgrims killed from their countries and an AFP tally shows the corpse count has risen more than 100 beyond the 1,426 pilgrims who died in the hajj's worst previous incident -- a tunnel stampede in July 1990. |
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