Man commits suicide at Mecca’s Grand Mosque

A yet-to-be-identified man yesterday committed suicide by throwing himself off the roof of the Grand Mosque in Islam’s holiest city of Mecca.

Three Nigerians Named Among Victims In Mecca Mosque Tragedy

Three Nigerian pilgrims are among the 200 people that sustained minor injuries in the crane crash at Mecca’s Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia. According to The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON)


Making this known was the Chairman of the commission, Mallam Abdullahi Mukhtar, made this known at a news conference in Abuja, adding that the victims were responding to treatment in the Holy land.
Mukhtar did not name the victims but said two of them were from Kaduna and one from Gombe.