Saudi Arabia’s civil defence authority says more than 200 people injured in preparations for annual hajj pilgrimage 9.57pm BSTWe’re bringing this live blog to a close tonight,as it is after midnight in Mecca.
Here’s how things stand at the moment: 9.44pm BSTAbdel Aziz Naqoor, an employee at the mosque, or has told AFP he saw the crane descend after being hit by the storm.“If it weren’t for Al-Tawaf bridge the injuries and deaths would hold been worse,” he said, referring to a covered walkway that surrounds the Kaaba, or the massive cube structure in the centre of the mosque,which he said broke the cranes descend.
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Source: theguardian.com