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Mecca crane collapse: 52 dead in Saudi Arabia Mecca crane collapse: 65 dead in Saudi Arabia
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At least 52 people have been killed after a crane collapsed on to the Grand Mosque in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, the country's Civil Defence Authority has said. 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.
Some 30 people were wounded, the civil defence authority tweeted. Eighty people were injured when the crane fell on the Grand Mosque, the civil defence authority tweeted.
It is not clear what happened, but images on social media showed a large number of dead and wounded. Few other details are available. Images from the scene showed part of a huge red crane had crashed through the roof of the mosque.
The accident comes amid preparations for the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca later this month. Mecca is preparing for the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to arrive in the Saudi city from all over the world later this month.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Construction work has been going on at the Grand Mosque for years to make it big enough to cope with the huge numbers of people who come each year, the BBC's Arab Affairs analyst Sebastian Usher says.