87 dead after crane collapses at holiest mosque in Mecca

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87 dead after crane collapses at world’s holiest mosque in Mecca
Published time: 11 Sep, 2015 16:36

At least 87 people have died after a crane collapsed on the Grand Mosque of Mecca on Friday, Saudi authorities say.
According to Saudi Interior Ministry, at least 184 more people were injured in the incident.

The tragedy comes ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage which is due later this month. Millions of Muslims from around the world will converge on the holy city between September 21-26.



Local media reports suggested that the accident occurred due to heavy rains the Kingdom. The governor of the Makkah region, the capital of which is Mecca, Prince Khalid al-Faisal has ordered the launch of an investigation into the causes of the accident.

Photos taken from the scene and posted on social media show bodies lying in blood on the mosque’s floor surrounded by construction rubble and metal parts of the crane.

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RIP to the departed...

[VexXx Dogg]

Damn, that sucks.
RIP.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Saudi Civil Defence authority says that 87 killed and another 201 injured as crane falls in Grand Mosque on September 11th

Saudi authorities say storm to blame for crane collapse at Grand Mosque

In a statement posted in Arabic on Twitter, the civil defence authorities said storms had caused the crane’s collapse.

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weather map showing the thunderstorms at the time of the collapse

[janfar]

Wait... Allah couldn't protect the holiest of holies?

[RASC]

...and this happened on 9/11?

[shogun]

...and this happened on 9/11?

[shogun]

Death toll now at 107.

RIP to the victims.

[equinsu ocha]

The crane fell into the east side of the mosque, with the top section of the structure crashing into the roof, killing at least 87 people - with nine Indian citizens, 16 Pakistanis and 15 Iranians reportedly among the dead.

The governor of Mecca region, Prince Khaled al-Faisal, has ordered an investigation into the incident and was heading to the mosque, the official @makkahregion page on Twitter said.

Online activists created a hashtag on Twitter urging Mecca residents to donate blood at hospitals in the area.

The crane belongs to a German crane company operated by the Bin Laden family's consortium, who are heading the expansion of the Holy Mosque.

Saudi BinLaden Group was founded by Osama's Bin Laden's billionaire father Mohammed and the sprawling construction conglomerate runs a large amount of major building contracts in the Sunni kingdom.

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims are gathering at the holy site from all over the world for the annual hajj pilgrimage set to begin later this month.

A massive £14billion project is currently underway to increase the area of the mosque by 4.3million sq ft - so that it can accommodate up to 2.2 million people at once.


HOW THE BIN LADEN'S BUILT SAUDI ARABIA
The Bin Laden family is responsible for a huge amount of major building contracts in Saudi Arabia, through Binladen Group.

The sprawling construction conglomerate was founded by Osama Bin Laden's father Mohammed and exerts huge influence over the kingdom.

The family firm is heading the £14bn expansion of the Great Mosque, where disaster struck today with tragic consequences.

Other projects include building stations for the Haramain High-Speed rail link, and construction work at the world's tallest building, Kingdom Tower, in Jeddah.

Pictures taken before the disaster show the crane being struck by a bolt of lightning and authorities are in little doubt extreme weather was to blame.

Earlier, the Civil Defense had issued thunderstorm, heavy rain and wind warnings in the area and authorities say search and rescue teams and medical workers from the Saudi Red Crescent are now at the scene.

The Grand Mosque, or Great Mosque of Mecca, surrounds Islam's holiest place, the Kaaba, in the city of Mecca.

The mosque is usually at its most crowded on Fridays as it is the Muslim weekly day of prayer, when Muslims face in the direction of the Kaaba while performing their obligatory daily prayers.

One of the five pillars of Islam requires every Muslim to perform the Hajj pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime.

Muslim faithful from about 160 countries converge on the Islamic city and other locations in western Saudi Arabia to complete the holy journey.

The pilgrimage, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world, has been prone to disasters in the past, mainly from stampedes as pilgrims rushed to complete rituals and return home. Hundreds of pilgrims died in such a stampede in 2006.

Saudi authorities have since lavished vast sums to expand the main haj sites and improve Mecca's transportation system, in an effort to prevent more disasters

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Wow... just wow.

[MaxPower]

Wait... Allah couldn't protect the holiest of holies?

People dying and you making that stupid statement from some dumb movie?

Should have been ur mother or father under that crane. So mangle up u cant even tell who is who. Or maybe a lil baby janfar? If that had really happen i bet u wont be bumpin up that gingivitis gum.

STFU, its a serious time now for those people.

[matix]

Wait... Allah couldn't protect the holiest of holies?

People dying and you making that stupid statement from some dumb movie?

Should have been ur mother or father under that crane. So mangle up u cant even tell who is who. Or maybe a lil baby janfar? If that had really happen i bet u wont be bumpin up that gingivitis gum.

STFU, its a serious time now for those people.

Don't work up yourself with that idiots statement.

[MaxPower]

^ ur right, maybe i shouldnt have said that...but i dont business with these pests of society.

Too many jokes are being made on race and religion these days.

MP Out

[York]

The report narrated by Ahmad (23804), Abu Dawood (3111) and al-Nasaa’i (1846) from Jaabir ibn ‘Ateek (may Allah be pleased with him), according to which the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: What do you regard as martyrdom?” They said: Being killed for the sake of Allaah. The Messenger of Allaah (S) said: “Martyrdom is seven things besides being killed for the sake of Allaah. The one who dies of the plague is a martyr, the one who drowns is a martyr, the one who dies of pleurisy is a martyr, the one who dies of a stomach disease is a martyr, the one who is burned to death is a martyr, the one who dies beneath a collapsed building is a martyr, and the woman who dies in pregnancy is a martyr.”

Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.

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That's a huge crane!!!

[York]

That's a huge crane!!!

2.2 Million pilgrims in de hajj eh!

[Dizzy28]

All that money being spent in Mecca and Saudia Arabia refuses to accept any Muslim refugees from Syria!!!

[RBphoto]

All that money being spent in Mecca and Saudia Arabia refuses to accept any Muslim refugees from Syria!!!

Allah knew better.

[abducted]

Wait... Allah couldn't protect the holiest of holies?

People dying and you making that stupid statement from some dumb movie?

Should have been ur mother or father under that crane. So mangle up u cant even tell who is who. Or maybe a lil baby janfar? If that had really happen i bet u wont be bumpin up that gingivitis gum.

STFU, its a serious time now for those people.

Bro instead of attacking the man why don't you address the point he made in a civilised manner? He asked why Allah could allow something like this to happen to pilgrims on their pilgrimage in the holiest place on earth, with a sand storm and then a thunderstorm so strong it could topple a large crane and kill over 200 people and injure another 200. Can you offer an intelligent answer to that?

[M_2NR]

Just an update. No one locally was affected/injured/killed by the events of yesterday. Currently there is one group in Makkah and all of the members are accounted for.

Pics from Arab News FB Page:







this was the crowd in the masjid around the time of the incident...

All that money being spent in Mecca and Saudia Arabia refuses to accept any Muslim refugees from Syria!!!

but amm...
http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/805236

[De Dragon]

Wait... Allah couldn't protect the holiest of holies?

People dying and you making that stupid statement from some dumb movie?

Should have been ur mother or father under that crane. So mangle up u cant even tell who is who. Or maybe a lil baby janfar? If that had really happen i bet u wont be bumpin up that gingivitis gum.

STFU, its a serious time now for those people.

You appear to be upset.

[York]

Quran 33:57 Indeed, those who abuse Allah and His Messenger - Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter and prepared for them a humiliating punishment.

Q33:58 And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned have certainly born upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.

[redmanjp]

...and this happened on 9/11?

karma?

death toll 107

[York]

Just an update. No one locally was affected/injured/killed by the events of yesterday. Currently there is one group in Makkah and all of the members are accounted for.

Pics from Arab News FB Page:







this was the crowd in the masjid around the time of the incident...

All that money being spent in Mecca and Saudia Arabia refuses to accept any Muslim refugees from Syria!!!

but amm...
http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/805236

in case ppl eh read the link:

Saudi Arabia denies not giving Syrians sanctuary
Foreign ministry official says nation has received nearly 2.5 million Syrians since 2011, amid criticism of its efforts.
12 Sep 2015 23:14 GMT | Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Refugees, Syrian crisis

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Saudi Arabia said it had provided about $700m in humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees [Reuters]
Saudi Arabia has defended its efforts to aid Syrians fleeing the conflict in their country, following criticism that Gulf countries have not been taking in enough refugees since the crisis broke out there more than four years ago.


Refugees in Hungary complain about poor conditions
The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Friday cited an official source in the foreign ministry as saying the kingdom wanted to make clear its role in helping refugee in light of charges it was doing nothing.

The official said it was "important to clarify these efforts with facts and numbers in response to media reports, which included false and misleading accusations about the kingdom".

None of the six states that form the Gulf Cooperation Council, Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, has signed the UN convention on refugees, which has governed international law on asylum since World War Two.

But Gulf states say they have taken in hundreds of thousands of Syrians since the civil war there began in 2011, just not as refugees.

The source said Saudi Arabia had received nearly 2.5 million Syrians since the conflict erupted.

"[Saudi Arabia] was keen to not deal with them as refugees, or to put them in refugee camps, to preserve their dignity and safety, and gave them complete freedom of movement."

"[Saudi Arabia] gave whoever chose to stay in the kingdom, which are in the hundreds of thousands, proper residency ... with all the rights that are included like free health care and engaging in the workforce and education."

The kingdom has also provided about $700m in humanitarian aid to Syrians and had set up clinics in various refugee camps, the statement by the SPA said.

The official source said more than 100,000 Syrian students were receiving free education in the kingdom.

The country has also provided humanitarian aid to countries hosting Syrian refugees and through international relief organisations.

Source: Reuters

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how come almost every year there's some stampede, or fire, or something? ent the King of Saudi care if he fellow Muslims get killed in their SACRED/QURANIC duty? and should't Mecca and Medina be like owned by all Muslims everywhere and not just Saudi?

[York]

how come almost every year there's some stampede, or fire, or something? ent the King of Saudi care if he fellow Muslims get killed in their SACRED/QURANIC duty? and should't Mecca and Medina be like owned by all Muslims everywhere and not just Saudi?

He cares.
Millions there at the same time.
Ppl will die regardless when it is their time to go. It's[video][/video] how you live that matters.
Does anyone own any city on the Earth? They are caretakers with a great noble responsibility. Once the Muslims are given access.