The deadly stampede last month in Mina, outside Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca killed at least 1,453 people during the hajj, a new tally by the Associated Press showed on Friday, making it the deadliest event to ever strike the annual pilgrimage. The previous deadliest-ever incident happened in 1990, when a stampede killed 1,426 people. AP’s count which was based on casualty figures from affected countries is 684 higher than Saudi Arabia's official tally of 769 killed and 934 injured in the September 24 disaster. Saudi officials, who could not be immediately reached for comment yesterday had previously said their tally remained accurate, though an investigation into the causes of the tragedy is ongoing. Saudi Authorities have not updated their casualty toll since September 26, two days after the disaster. The AP figure comes from statements and officials' comments from 19 of the over 180 countries that sent citizens to the five-day annual pilgrimage. Authorities have said the September 24 crush and stampede occurred when two waves of pilgrims converged on a narrow road, causing hundreds of people to suffocate or be trampled to death. Iran said it had 465 pilgrims killed, while Egypt lost 148 and Indonesia 120. Others include India with 101, Nigeria with 99, Pakistan with 93, Mali with 70, Bangladesh with 63, Senegal with 54, Benin with 51, Cameroon with 42, Ethiopia with 31, Sudan with 30, Morocco with 27, Algeria with 25, Ghana with 12, Chad with 11, Kenya with eight and Turkey with three. Hundreds remain missing, according to these countries. Shiite power Iran, Sunni Saudi Arabia's Mideast rival has blamed the disaster on the kingdom's "mismanagement" and accused Riyadh of a cover-up, saying the real death toll exceeds 4,700, without providing evidence to support the claim. Iran has called for an independent body to take over planning and administering the five-day hajj pilgrimage, required of all able Muslims once in their lifetimes. But the ruling Al Saud family likely would never give up its role in administering the holy sites, which along with Saudi Arabia's oil wealth gives it major influence in the Muslim world. King Salman himself is known as the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. Only on Thursday, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) revised upward Nigeria’s death toll to 99. It said 42 Nigerian pilgrims were injured and 214 others missing after the stampede at Mina. The Commissioner Planning, Research Statistic Information and Library Service (PRSILS) of the commission, Dr. Saleh Okenwa told reporters in Makkah on Thursday that the total number of Nigerians affected in the incident was 355. He however insisted that those missing cannot be declared dead, since identification of those affected were still being collated by the Saudi Arabian health authorities in conjunction with Nigerian and other health officials. When asked about the fate of the missing, the commissioner said: “In the early days people expressed hope but the hope is weaning. We cannot declare those missing as dead since there is no evidence to state that they have been confirmed dead." Following deaths from the stoning of devil, Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi II stated that the ritual was not compulsory. The Emir who quoted several verses of the Qur’an and the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) added: “refusal to even perform the stoning of devil rituals does not in any way invalidate one’s Hajj. “During the era of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), he permitted pilgrims who came on camels to stay in Makkah after Arafat, instead of staying in Mina and sleeping at Muzdalifa. “So, if the Prophet could give such grace to some people, just to protect their animals, why didn’t our scholars educate our people properly to avoid this untoward hardship and deaths. “Therefore, it will be part of my recommendations to the federal government that, if we cannot get accommodation close to Jamrat where the Arabs reside in Mina, then this year may be the last time we will sleep in Mina and Muzdalifa because we want to stone the devil. “Besides that, if one deliberately refuses to even perform the stoning of the devil rituals, all he needs to do is to slaughter a ram. So, if this is the situation, why do we go and suffer and die instead of sacrificing a ram? “As is it presently, sleeping in Mina and Muzdalifa is not backed by any Hadith or verse of the Qur’an. So, why do we continue to do it?”

Shey the males who died won't get 72 virgins each ni?

I wonder what the females will get

Rip to the dead though,u cnt help bt to blame some of the teachers of the two major religions in nigeria.

Perhaps som people could hav been saved if this Stoning of devil thing wasn't seen as a necessity.

While am a christiani wil neva rjoic ova the d death of anybody.

hmm

9jacrip:
Shey the males who died won't get 72 virgins each ni?

I wonder what the females will get

Bad mouth, true tho

May their souls rest in Eternal peace(Amin sunma Amin). RIP to the dead.

gullible people, going to hell to stone devil

9jacrip:
Shey the males who died won't get 72 virgins each ni?

I wonder what the females will get

Boxes of never-ending chocolate and cups of never-ending ice cream!

And the assurance that we will never get fat no matter how much we eat!

walescounis:


Bad mouth, true tho

Was just thinking out loud ni.

Wulfruna:


BoxeRs of never-ending chocolate and cups of never-ending ice cream!

And the assurance that we will never get fat no matter how much we eat!

Edited.

You're a muslim?

they should have used niaja made stone to stone the devil, because that of Mecca look like dunlop.that was why the devil stoned them first!!!

bonechamberlain:
gullible people, going to hell to stone devil

You are an Id*iot. I don't know you bastards are insecure about muslims and Islam. The question you foools need to ask yourselves is, why are muslims not attacking christians and christianity when ever some one or something bad happen to them When T.B JOSHUA's church collapse and kill many people, did we insult any one? We read everyday how pastors/Bishops RAPE, DUPE, and even Murdered people but no one insulted your religion. I bet you are not Good christian cos a good christian don't behave this way. You are just a frustrated and hungry fellow Nonsense.

9jacrip:



Edited.

You're a muslim?

Oh, no.

I was only kidding.

Wulfruna:


Oh, no.

I was only kidding.

Lol Alright.

bonechamberlain:
gullible people, going to hell to stone devil

They have been stoning the devil for decades, koko go don full the devil head o

On a serious note, do people not think? About a million people go to stone one 'devil' every year to do what for them exactly?

9jacrip:


They have been stolen the devil for decades, koko go don full the devil head o

On a serious note, do people not think? About a million people go to stone one 'devil' every year to do what for them exactly?

Baba mi,the devil sef don improve him defensive devices,na y the stone backfire con kill all of them....nobody go ever stone devil again,lool.

9jacrip:
[s][/s]Shey the males who died won't get 72 virgins each ni?

I wonder what the females will get [s][/s]

You are heartless.

carinmom:

You are heartless.

Devil defense minister say dem don upgraded their military with the latest anti-stone missile

qreem231:
Baba mi,the devil sef don improve him defensive devices,na y the stone backfire con kill all of them....nobody go ever stone devil again,lool.

LWKMD
Nigerians mouth bad sha

9jacrip:


They have been stoning the devil for decades, koko go don full the devil head o

On a serious note, do people not think? About a million people go to stone one 'devil' every year to do what for them exactly?

seunny4lif:
LWKMD
Nigerians mouth bad sha

sameer1212:
You are an Id*iot. I don't know you bastards are insecure about muslims and Islam. The question you foools need to ask yourselves is, why are muslims not attacking christians and christianity when ever some one or something bad happen to them When T.B JOSHUA's church collapse and kill many people, did we insult any one? We read everyday how pastors/Bishops RAPE, DUPE, and even Murdered people but no one insulted your religion. I bet you are not Good christian cos a good christian don't behave this way. You are just a frustrated and hungry fellow Nonsense.

look sameer or whatever u call urself, ur religious head quarters invites people to come and stone devil is devil in Saudi Arabia.

if Muslims decides to be cowards by not speaking up when they see something wrong in christiandom thats their business. even fellow Christians criticize their colleagues especially when they take advantage of gullible Nigerians like u.

am sure u are an illiterate, if not u would know my post wasn't insulting any body or religion, just saying the obvious about the gullibility of people like u

I believe ur religion believes that the devil is in hell, why going to Saudi to stone him.

u must be very childish and not mature by using abusive words to reply or tackle issues.

u are a good islamist, I can see u guys are taught that to be a good Muslim u should use strong abusive statements. that's why terrorism has decided to hide under Islam, because u guys know nothing about restraint and diplomacy.

I am a christian but don't believe in that crap of going to rome, Jerusalem or wherever. I believe in God and follow him and not what the pastor or priest says.

go and sit back, relax and reevaluate ur thoughts, before its too late.

9jacrip:


They have been stoning the devil for decades, koko go don full the devil head o

On a serious note, do people not think? About a million people go to stone one 'devil' every year to do what for them exactly?

that's the gullibility of humans

bonechamberlain:
that's the gullibility of humans

100%

seunny4lif:

Devil defense minister say dem don upgraded their military with the latest anti-stone missile

you mean someone on the oposite side of the devil, with all the satellite (omnipresent) technology was not able to detect that the devil had acquired an anti-stone missile defense system.. .... can somebody set up a commission of inquiry and look into how everyone missed this!

Breaking news:.


The devil ask me to tell u muslims/islamist/jihadist that the next time he is going to stone u people again in mecca it will be deviously devious.

From devil's advocate.
Blackfire.