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RI death toll rises to 41
Devotion: The death toll of Indonesian pilgrims in the haj stampede incident, during the jumrah stone-throwing ritual, rises to 41 on Monday
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Devotion: The death toll of Indonesian pilgrims in the haj stampede incident, during the jumrah stone-throwing ritual, rises to 41 on Monday. (bbc.com) (bbc.com)
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span class="inline inline-center">Devotion: The death toll of Indonesian pilgrims in the haj stampede incident, during the jumrah stone-throwing ritual, rises to 41 on Monday. (bbc.com)
The Religious Affairs Ministry on Monday announced that the number of Indonesian haj pilgrims killed during the stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, had increased to 41.
The ministry's director general for haj and umrah (minor haj pilgrimage), Abdul Djamil, said the figure was obtained after a Haj Management Committee (PPIH) team visited a mortuary house at Al Muashim on Sunday evening.
'It was found that the number of Indonesian haj pilgrims who were found dead in the incident, increased to 41 from the 34 we previously announced,' he said as quoted by Antara news agency in a press conference in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, early Monday. The head of the ministry's Mecca office, Arsyad Hidayat, also attended the press conference.
Abdul further explained that apart from the dead victims, 10 Indonesian haj pilgrims were still receiving medical treatment at public hospitals in Saudi Arabia. He said the figure increased from what was previously reported that only six Indonesians were being treated at hospitals.
Abdul said that as of Monday, as many as 82 haj pilgrims from Indonesia were reported to have not yet returned to their lodgings after the stampede that occurred on Thursday morning.
'We will continue search operations to find the whereabouts of the 82 people who have not yet returned to their lodgings,' he said.
Haj pilgrims still reported as 'missing' are from a number of kloter (flight groupings), consisting of:
1. Eight people from the 14th kloter that departed from Batam (BTH 14).
2. 46 people from the 61st kloter that departed from Jakarta (JKS 61)
3. Five people from the 10th kloter that departed from Makassar (UPG 10).
4. Seven people from the 62nd kloter that departed from Surakarta (SOC 62).
5. 14 people from the 48th kloter that departed from Surabaya (SUB 48).
6. Two people from the 36th kloter that departed from Surabaya (SUB 36).
Meanwhile, four of the 10 Indonesian haj pilgrims receiving medical treatment at hospitals in Saudi Arabia are:
1. Aam Amalia Rustama from the JKS 61 kloter is being treated at Arofah Hospital
2. Murtiningsih Neman Sunar Akun from the SUB 48 kloter is being treated at Awali Security Force Hospital
3. Sapuna Muntaha Hedan from the SUB 48 kloter is being treated at Jeddah Hospital after she was moved from King Abdullah Hospital
4. Maryam Pauli Kiming from the UPG 10 kloter is being treated at Awali Security Force Hospital
Seven new names of Indonesian pilgrims killed in the stampede as announced at a press conference Monday morning are:
1. Ruswati Karim Lawadang, from the BPN5 kloter
2. Warnita Habib Basa, from the BTH 4 kloter
3. Rosidah Adjo Madusri, from the JKS 61 kloter
4. Sitti Lubabah Arsyad Ngolo, from the UPG 10 kloter
5. Yusriani Muhammad Qohar, from the SUB 48 kloter
6. Ardani Moch Ali Siradj, from the SOC 29 kloter
7. Junaedi Sjahrudin Marjun, from the SUB 36 kloter
Arsyad announced during the press conference that there were four Indonesian citizens permanently living in Mecca who also died in the stampede. They were not in Mecca as pilgrims, instead they were there as residents. Rumiyati binti Nomor, nicknamed Aminah, was one among the four. He was from Arjo Wilangun village, Kali Pare, Malang, East Java. The three other victims are:
1. Akhmad Jamhuri bin Hisyam
2. Wartoyo Usman Kalib
3. Asdinur Sanuri Hamzah (ebf)
