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| Camera captures the exact moment of crane collapse at Grand Mosque (Video below) |
Staff correspondent, September 12, 2015, NewsCrunch
More than 100 devotees were killed at Mecca's Grand Mosque after a massive construction crane collapsed on Friday evening. Over 200 have been injured and the toll is likely to rise.
Mecca has been experiencing bad weather and the crane collapse has been blamed on strong winds and heavy rains, though only a detailed probe can establish the factors that led to the accident.
The crane fell on the Al-Tawaf bridge, the walkway that surrounds the holy Kaaba. Had the Al-Tawaf bridge not broken the crane's fall, the toll would have been much higher, say eye witnesses.
Two videos captures the horrifying accident at Grand Mosque. The first shows the exact moment of the crane fall. Helpless eye witnesses break into screams seeing the crane giving in.
The second video shows the aftermath of the accident.The gory scene with bloodied bodies strewn across a courtyard resembles a battle field.