Algeria: Mina Stampede (mecca) - 61 Algerian Hajjis Have Not Returned to Accommodation

Algiers — Sixty one Algerian hajjis have not returned to accommodation yet following the stampede occurred last Thursday in Mina, near Mecca, said Wednesday the Foreign Ministry in a communiqué.

"According to a temporary report, 61 hajjis have not returned to their usual accommodation yet," the source said, recalling that the toll announced Tuesday reporting 11 identified dead hajjis and 7 injured "remain unchanged."

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