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Hajj will go ahead after deadly crane collapse: Saudi official

Published: 12 Sep 2015 - 11:47 am | Last Updated: 03 Nov 2021 - 04:40 am
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In this image released by the Saudi Interior Ministry’s General Directorate of Civil Defense, Defense personnel inspect the damage at the Grand Mosque in Mecca after a crane collapsed killing dozens, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015.

MAKKAH: This year's hajj pilgrimage will go ahead despite a crane collapse which killed more than 100 people at the Grand Mosque of Mecca, a Saudi official told AFP on Saturday.

"It definitely will not affect the hajj this season and the affected part will probably be fixed in a few days," said the official, who declined to be named.

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