Oct 13, 2015, 10:55 AM

Bodies of 87 Mina victims arrive home

Bodies of 87 Mina victims arrive home

TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – Bodies of 87 Iranian pilgrims killed in Saudi Arabia's Mina tragedy arrived in Tehran Tuesday morning.

Head of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi said that 65 Iranian pilgrims are still missing.

Ohadi added that DNA tests are required since the identity of some of the corpses is not clear.

Bodies of 308 Iranian pilgrims killed in Mina tragedy have so far been transported to Iran in three separate flights.

The crush occurred on September 24 after two large masses of pilgrims fused together.

Saudi Arabia claims nearly 770 people were killed in the incident, but officials at Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization say about 4,700 people, including 464 Iranians, lost their lives in the tragedy.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Countries Amir-Abdollahian had said that a committee in his Ministry is tracking all missing pilgrims.

 

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