At least 87 people died and more than 200 people were injured when a crane collapsed on Friday in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the BBC reports.

The huge red crane crashed into a part of the Grand Mosque, the largest in the world, that was filled with worshippers at the time.

(Arutz Sheva’s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)


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