MAKKAH – A man was killed and 21 others suffered injuries after a car hit a group of people sitting outside a mosque for Iftar in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Reports said the vehicle ran over the people after it went out of driver’s control. The incident happened minutes before the Maghrib prayer in an area of Makkah.
Police have launched an investigation into the matter while no details have been shared about the driver by the Arab media.
It is common practices in Saudi Arabia that Iftar arrangements are made outside or inside the mosques for people, especially expatriates who resides there for employment.
