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Toll of Indians killed in Mecca stampede rises to 45

| | Sep 28, 2015, at 07:21 pm
Mina, Sept 28 (IBNS) The number of Indians killed in a stampede at the Haj rose to 45 on Monday as authorities identified 10 more bodies among the victims, reports said.

Haj Consulate in Jeddah said the deceased included three pilgrims from West Bengal and two each from Kerala and Jharkhand and one each from Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.

Earlier, 13 more bodies were identified among the dead on Sunday raising the death toll to 35. Saudi authorities have put the total death toll from the stampede during Haj to 769. The number of injured stands at 934. At least 13 Indians were among those injured.
 

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