Number of pilgrims killed in Mecca crane accident rises to five


TOPSHOTSMuslim pilgrims walk past the crane that collapsed the day before at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabias holy Muslim city of Mecca on September 12, 2015. This years 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. AFP PHOTO / STR

SEPANG: The number of Malaysian pilgrims killed in the crane tragedy at Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Friday has risen to five.

The remains of Zainun Taha, 69, from Ampang, Selangor was identified by her next-of-kin, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom yesterday.

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