Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences to the King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud in connection with the fall of a crane on the Great Mosque in Mecca, as a result of which 107 people have died and 238 were injured.
The Russian president noted that Russia sincerely empathizes about so many victims among the pilgrims, who went there in the season of Hajj to bow to the holy places of Islam. In addition, Putin expressed condolences to the relatives of victims and wishes a speedy recovery to those injured, RIA Novosti reported.
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