Mecca crane collapse

An aerial view shows the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on June 3, 2018. AFP PHOTO / BANDAR ALDANDANI

Employees at the Saudi Binladin Group, a construction giant, have set fire to more than seven company buses in the latest protest by disgruntled staff over not being paid salaries for months and a large round of reported layoffs.

Employees at the Saudi Binladin Group, a construction giant, have set fire to more than seven company buses in the latest protest by disgruntled staff over not being paid salaries for months and a large round of reported layoffs.
     

The number of Turkish nationals killed when a crane collapsed on Sept. 11 at a mosque in Mecca teeming with Muslim pilgrims has risen to eight, Turkish authorities said Sept. 13, while Saudi Arabia's King Salman has vowed to find out what caused the incident.

The number of Turkish nationals killed when a crane collapsed on Sept. 11 in a mosque in Mecca teeming with Muslim pilgrims has risen to seven, Turkish authorities said Sept. 13, while Saudi Arabia's King Salman has vowed to find out what caused the incident.

Saudi Arabia has opened an investigation into the causes for the accident in Mecca, in which  at least 107 people were killed when a construction crane crashed into the Grand Mosque, the BBC reported on Saturday.

At least 87 people were killed and 154 injured when a construction crane crashed into the Grand Mosque of Saudi Arabia?s holy Muslim city of Mecca on Sept. 11, authorities said.