Nine persons from Gujarat are among the 14 Indians killed in the Haj stampede in Saudi Arabia. Six of them are women.
"We have received the names of those who died in the tragedy. We are trying to get the details of their family members and their residence," a Gujarat Haj Committee member said.
According to sources, two of the nine people were from Ahmedabad and their family members have been informed that the deceased would be buried there.
The number of Indian casualties has gone up to 14 in the stampede that has claimed 717 lives and left over 800 injured.
2015
At least 310 people are killed and 450 injured in a stampede in Mina, on the outskirts of the holy city of Makkah. In the lead-up to haj, at least 111 people are killed and scores wounded when a crane collapses in bad weather, crashing onto the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Islam’s holiest site.
2006
More than 360 pilgrims are killed in a stampede at the desert plain of Mina, near Makkah, where pilgrims carry out a symbolic stoning of the devil by throwing pebbles against three stone walls. The day before the haj began, an eight-story building being used as a hostel near the Grand Mosque in Makkah collapsed, killing at least 73 people.
2004
A crush of pilgrims at Mina kills 244 pilgrims and injures hundreds on the final day of the haj ceremonies.
2001
A stampede at Mina during the final day of the pilgrimage ceremonies kills 35 haj pilgrims.
1998
About 180 pilgrims are trampled to death in panic after several of them fell off an overpass during the final stoning ritual at Mina.
1997
At least 340 pilgrims are killed in a fire at the tent city of Mina as the blaze was aided by high winds. More than 1,500 were injured.
1994
Some 270 pilgrims are killed in a stampede during the stoning ritual at Mina.
1990
The worst haj-related tragedy claims the lives of 1,426 pilgrims in a stampede in an overcrowded pedestrian tunnel leading to holy sites in Makkah.
