UPDATE: Sept. 11, 2015, 2:56 PM ET
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s civil defense authority has raised the death toll from the collapse of a construction crane at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, saying at least 87 people have been killed.
The authority announced the latest casualties’ figure from Friday’s accident on its official Twitter account.
The accident happened as pilgrims are streaming into Islam’s holiest city for the annual hajj pilgrimage later this month.
Videos and photos posted by social media users showed a grisly scene, with police and onlookers attending to bloodied bodies on the polished mosque floors.
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Schreck reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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I have a feeling that the persons responsible for the collapse are facing more than mere civil damages liability.
…and the FauXians are screamin’ GawdSwill! GawdSwill. They deserved it!
Pretty sure this was a sign from the Christian’s god.
My condolences to the families of the dead.
It is time that the mosques at Mecca and Medina be converted to a principality much like the Vatican. The Saudi rulers support a toxic, virulent, vile and violent form of wahabbi islam. The mosques ought to be run by a representative group that represents all branches of islam, sunni, shia, ahmadiyya, khwarij as well as the sufi, druze and nation of islam traditions. The principality should represent the interests of men and women, rich and poor and the sects that espouse women’s rights, peace, non-violence and tolerance.