A Saudi Arabian court cleared the Binladin Group of responsibility for the 2015 collapse of a crane in Mecca, AFP reports.
Around 107 people were killed and some 400 injured on September 11, 2015, when the crane toppled over near the Grand Mosque in Mecca, a few days before the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
The Binladin Group’s defense team claimed the group could not have predicted the severe thunderstorm and violent winds that caused the crane to fall, according to the Arabic-language Asharq Al-Awsat daily.
Senior legal experts said the verdict can still be appealed.