12 October, 2015

NAHCON Says Nigerians’ Death Toll Rises To 145 From Hajj Stampede

THE death toll of Nigerians, who died in the September 24 Muna stampede near Makkah, was yesterday put at 145. 
Last Thursday when the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), gave an update on the inci­dent, it put the figure at 99, while it said 214 Nigerians were still missing at the time.

But by Sunday evening it said of 345 Nigerians, who were affected in the stampede, 145 had been certified, dead, 35 injured, while 165, were yet to be accounted for.

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