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Foreign Secretary offers condolences after accident in Mecca

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

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Foreign & Commonwealth Office and 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Philip Hammond
Published
12 September 2015
This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

皇冠体育app Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said:

I鈥檓 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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Published 12 September 2015