VIDEO: At least 87 killed and 183 injured as crane collapses on Mecca’s Grand Mosque

At least 87 people were killed when a crane toppled over at Mecca’s Grand Mosque yesterday, Saudi Arabia’s civil defence head said, less than two weeks before Islam’s annual haj pilgrimage.

VIDEO: At least 87 killed and 183 injured as crane collapses on Mecca’s Grand Mosque

General Suleiman al-Amr, director general of the Civil Defence Authority, told al-Ikhbariya television that 183 people had been injured.

“All those who were wounded and the dead have been taken to hospital. There are no casualties left at the location,” he added. Strong wind and rains had uprooted trees and affected cranes in the area, he said.

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