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
.
