Indonesian forensic experts help identify hajj disaster victims

Indonesian forensic experts are in Saudi Arabia to help identify those still missing from the country after last month's hajj disaster, an official said on Tuesday. 

11 specialists had arrived three days ago from police headquarters in his country, the world's largest Muslim-populated nation. 

Iran has reported the largest toll from the September 24 disaster, with 464 dead, followed by Egypt at 146. 

More than 20 countries around the world have reported a total of 1 112 dead, mostly from official sources, far in excess of the Saudi figure of 769 killed issued after the stampede at Mina, near the holy city of Mecca.  

It is unclear whether other countries have sent their own forensic specialists, but Saudi Arabia's Al-Madina daily reported last week that 20 teams from the Saudi passports department were visiting Mecca-area hospitals to record fingerprints of the dead and of unidentified injured. 

News24