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No Tajik citizens reported among Hajj stampede victims: Tajik Committee for Religious Affairs

DUSHANBE, January 13, Asia-Plus — There were no citizens of Tajikistan among those pilgrims that died in a stampede during the stone-throwing ritual at the Hajj pilgrimage ritual on Thursday January 12, the source in the Tajik Committee for Religious Affairs told Asia-Plus.   According to the latest reports, 350 Muslim pilgrims died in a crush […]

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Lola Kenjayeva

DUSHANBE, January 13, Asia-Plus — There were no citizens of Tajikistan among those pilgrims that died in a stampede during the stone-throwing ritual at the Hajj pilgrimage ritual on Thursday January 12, the source in the Tajik Committee for Religious Affairs told Asia-Plus.  

According to the latest reports, 350 Muslim pilgrims died in a crush during the stoning ritual.   Many of victims were reportedly pilgrims from



Egypt


,


Pakistan


,


Yemen


and


India


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