RandomGuy
09-11-2015, 12:46 PM
Mecca crane collapse: 65 dead in Saudi Arabia
You know that thing all muslims ostensibly kneel towards when they pray? the big square thing in the middle of the courtyard, around which the throngs throng?
A crane fell on it, through the ceiling.
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/6658/production/_85500262_85500260.jpg
Happened on 9-11... that isn't going to breed conspiracy theories. aw fuck.
The death toll from the collapse of a crane in the Muslim holy city of Mecca has risen to 65, Saudi Arabia's civil defence authority has said.
Eighty people were injured when the crane fell on the Grand Mosque, the civil defence authority tweeted.
Few other details are available. Images from the scene showed part of a huge red crane had crashed through the roof of the mosque.
Mecca is preparing for the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to arrive in the Saudi city from all over the world later this month.
Saudi authorities began a major expansion of the site last year to cope with ever-growing numbers of worshippers.
The crane that collapsed on Friday was part of the construction work taking place at the site.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34226003
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1063A/production/_85503176_85503175.jpg
The Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, in the Saudi city of Mecca is Islam's most sacred site and the destination for millions of Muslims undertaking the Hajj pilgrimage every year.
You know that thing all muslims ostensibly kneel towards when they pray? the big square thing in the middle of the courtyard, around which the throngs throng?
A crane fell on it, through the ceiling.
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/6658/production/_85500262_85500260.jpg
Happened on 9-11... that isn't going to breed conspiracy theories. aw fuck.
The death toll from the collapse of a crane in the Muslim holy city of Mecca has risen to 65, Saudi Arabia's civil defence authority has said.
Eighty people were injured when the crane fell on the Grand Mosque, the civil defence authority tweeted.
Few other details are available. Images from the scene showed part of a huge red crane had crashed through the roof of the mosque.
Mecca is preparing for the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to arrive in the Saudi city from all over the world later this month.
Saudi authorities began a major expansion of the site last year to cope with ever-growing numbers of worshippers.
The crane that collapsed on Friday was part of the construction work taking place at the site.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34226003
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1063A/production/_85503176_85503175.jpg
The Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, in the Saudi city of Mecca is Islam's most sacred site and the destination for millions of Muslims undertaking the Hajj pilgrimage every year.