Ivory Coast declares hajj tragedy mourning as toll climbs to 52

[WorldNews]

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Ivory Coast Saturday announced a day of mourning for victims of last month's stampede at the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, as the African nation's death toll in the tragedy rose to 52. President Alassane Ouattara declared next Saturday as a day of national mourning for the disaster at Mina, near Mecca, in which more than 1,700 people died -- the deadliest incident in the pilgrimage's history. Ivory Coast's director general of religions Messamba Bamba said 52 of its citizens were now confirmed to have died -- up from a previous toll of 14 -- with seven still unaccounted for.

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