23 Killed in Mecca Hotel Collapse

World | January 5, 2006, Thursday // 00:00

At least 23 people have been killed when a hotel outside the Grand Mosque in Islam's holiest city collapsed Thursday. Rescue teams rushed to the site and were pulling bodies from beneath the wreckage. Security officials said most of the victims were Arabs from Egypt, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates. The Al Ghaza Hotel, named for the district in which it is located, is about 60 metres from the Grand Mosque at the Bab al-Salam, or Gate of Peace.

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