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| Saudi Arabia tries 14 over deadly Makkah crane crash |
| 2016-08-12 |
| [DAWN] Fourteen people have gone on trial in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... over a crane collapse in Makkah that killed 111 pilgrims and injured hundreds more just days before the start of the annual Haj pilgrimage last year, local media reported on Thursday. State-linked newspapers said six Saudis, including a billionaire, as well as two Paks, a Canadian, a Jordanian, a Paleostinian, an Egyptian, an Emirati and a Filipino are on trial. The defendants' names were not made public. The Okaz newspaper says the defendants are accused of negligence, damaging public property and ignoring safety guidelines. It appears all are employees of the Saudi Binladin Group, the construction giant that was operating the crane. Amid unusually strong winds, the 1,350-tonne crane collapsed onto the Grand Mosque that houses Islam's holiest site bringing down slabs of concrete on worshippers below. The tragedy on September 11 was the first of two major A stampede and crush of pilgrims killed more than 2,400 people on September 24, according to an News Agency that Dare Not be Named count. The Saudi Gazette reported that 170 employees of the Binladin Group had been questioned by Sherlocks ahead of the court proceedings. Okaz said prosecutors decided not to file charges against 42 others who were under investigation, including 16 members of the Binladin family. Dozens of cranes surround Makkah's Grand Mosque, part of a massive construction effort headed by the Binladin Group. The Binladin family has been close to Saudi Arabia's ruling family for decades and runs major building projects. Al-Qaeda's late leader the late Osama bin Laden ... who used to be alive but now he's not... was a renegade son disowned by the family in the 1990s. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The Filipino's cooked |
| Posted by: Frank G on the road 2016-08-12 15:25 |