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Mecca crane collapse: 87 dead at Grand Mosque (Live Updates)
It was not immediately clear who owned the crane that collapsed or whether it was involved in the expansion of the mosque or another project nearby. The construction giant Saudi Binladin Group is leading the mosque expansion. The Binladin family is close to the ruling Al Saud family, and is overseeing numerous building project across the Kingdom. The al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was a member of the wealthy family, though there are vast numbers of relatives. He was disowned in the 1990s.
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Sad. Hopefully people can still be saved from inside the rubble