Saudi Arabia Mismanaged Mina Disaster Response: Indonesia

Alwaght | News & Analysis Website

Alwaght- Indonesia criticized Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for its slow response to the hajj pilgrimage disaster in Mina, saying its diplomats only received full access to the dead and injured days after the crush.
The criticism from Indonesia, the Muslim world’s most populous country, comes as its officials, as well as those in India and Pakistan, say that Saudi officials gave foreign diplomats some 1,100 pictures of those killed in last week’s disaster.
On Tuesday, Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, an official in Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry, said Saudi officials gave full access to the victims no sooner than Monday night, September 28.
The Indonesian official said at least 46 pilgrims from Indonesia, the Muslim world’s most populous country, died in the crush, adding that 10 were injured and 90 others remain missing.
On Monday, Lukman Hakim Saifudin, Indonesia’s religious affairs minister, said in a statement that Indonesians did not have free access to hospitals to search for the injured pilgrims.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Supreme Court said it had received a citizen’s petition asking it to open an investigation into the Mina catastrophe.
Pakistan’s Religious Affairs Ministry said at least 44 Pakistani pilgrims died in the deadly incident and 35 sustained injuries.
Elsewhere the Saudi government confirmed the death toll in the recent Hajj tragedy has reached 4,173, media reports say.
Saudi Vice Minister of Health Hamad bin Muhammad Al-Duweila said on Tuesday that he has received a photo showing that 4,173 pilgrims were killed in the tragic incident in Minda, near the holy city of Mecca, according to some reports.
The Saudi Health Ministry asserted that heat exhaustion and suffocation are to blame for the pilgrims’ death, the reports said.
The Saudi Health Ministry, however, later denied the reports.
The human crush happened on September 24, when two large crowds of pilgrims were directed to move toward each other from opposite directions in Mina. Reports indicate that Saudi authorities had blocked a road to Jamarat, forcing another column of pilgrims who had completed the ritual to return via the same route.

Alwaght | News & Analysis Website

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