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Foreign & Commonwealth Office · 12 September 2015

Foreign Secretary offers condolences after accident in Mecca

Original: www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-offers-condolences-after-accident-in-mecca

Foreign Secretary responds to crane collapse at the Grand Mosque in Mecca

The Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said:

I’m shocked and saddened to hear of the accident in Mecca involving a large number of fatalities amongst those attending the Hajj. My thoughts are with the families of those affected.

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