Sylhet:Two more Bangladeshi women hajj pilgrims were identified among the 769 pilgrims who were found dead in connection with the stampede during a hajj ritual in Saudi Arabia on 24 September.

The deceased are Asma Begum, wife of Syed Shakawat Hossain Siraj, and Saheda Begum, wife of Syed Sadek Hossain, residents of Sylhet.

Syed Fajilat, a relative of one of the victims, who also went to Makkah for performing hajj confirmed about the death and said Asma and Saheda along with their respective husbands left Bangladesh on 13 September for performing Hajj.

Shakawat and Sadek were also injured in this incident.

After receiving treatment, they went to a hospital and identified the body of Saheda and Asma on Saturday.

Earlier on Sunday, the Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (Haab) said a total of 11 Bangladeshis died in the Mina stampede although the Foreign Ministry in Dhaka so far confirmed the death of three Bangladeshis.

Meanwhile, the photographs of probable Bangladeshi victims of Mina stampede have been displayed in Bangladesh Hajj Mission, Makkah for the identification by hajj agents, relatives and acquaintances, said the Foreign Ministry.

Officials at Bangladesh Consulate General are trying to confirm the identity of the dead bodies as well as the injured victims of the incident.

The number of missing Bangladeshi pilgrims is yet to be ascertained and the Saudi authorities are expected to publish the photographs of the rest of the victims by Monday, it said.

Medical teams are working at various hospitals in Makkah and collecting information about missing hajjis.

The Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh and Consulate General in Jeddah along with the Hajj Mission are working to get further information and support the victims.

Hajjis, their companions and relatives, hajj guides and agents have been requested to report about missing hajjis over 00966(0)537375859 and 00966(0)509360082.

A horrific stampede killed at least 769 pilgrims and injured hundreds more on the outskirts of the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, the deadliest tragedy to strike the annual hajj pilgrimage in more than two decades.

It was the second major disaster during this year’s hajj season, raising questions about the adequacy of measures put in place by Saudi authorities to ensure the safety of the roughly 2 million Muslims taking part in the pilgrimage. A crane collapse in Makkah nearly two weeks earlier left 111 people dead.