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Nigeria confirms 274 deaths in Hajj stampede

Saudi emergency personnel stand near bodies of Hajj pilgrims killed at a stampede in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, at the annual Hajj in Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2015. (AFP Photo)

Danjuma Abdullahi
Press TV, Abuja

274 Nigerians have been officially confirmed dead following a stampede during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The fate of 44 Nigerian pilgrims who went missing is not known yet.

 

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