Crane collapse kills 107 people at mosque in Mecca days before Hajj

A tragedy occurred Friday in Mecca, Saudi Arabia when a crane collapsed, killing multiple people.

The storm was so strong, it uprooted trees and broke windows throughout Mecca, said Khaled Al-Maeena, editor at the Saudi Gazette in Jeddah. The crane fell during a lull in visitors at the mosque, he said. "Had it happened an hour later it would have

Mobile phone footage captures the moment a crane collapses onto the Grand Mosque in Mecca on Friday. Video from Nature Reporter shows the moment the crane falls while video from TubeClips shows the chaos after the collapse At least 65 people have 

A powerful storm toppled a construction crane Friday afternoon at the Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, in Mecca — killing at least 107 people and injuring 238 others, Saudi Arabia's civil defense authorities said on Twitter.

The towering construction crane toppled over on Friday during a violent rainstorm in the Saudi city of Mecca, Islam's holiest site, crashing into the Grand Mosque and killing over a hundred people, ahead of the start of the