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that killed at least 107 people at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the main developer in the city, the Saudi Binladin Group, is barred from any future projects, according to a statement from Saudi Arabia's Royal Court.
King Salman ordered compensation for the crash's victims and referred the case to prosecutors to complete an investigation. The company can't be awarded new contracts until that inquiry has ended, 

A statement from the court, relayed by the state news agency SPA, said that the crane "was in a wrong position."

From Cairo, NPR's Leila Fadel reports for our Newscast desk:

It's a startling turnabout for a huge construction company that has been entrusted with projects ranging from building King Abdul Aziz International Airport to extending parts of holy mosques in Mecca and Medina.


The Saudi Binladin Group has been operating in Saudi Arabia since its founding in 1931 by Mohammad bin Laden, the father of Osama bin Laden.  Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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A Saudi royal court says the Saudi Binladen Group, which has operated in the kingdom since the 1930s, can't pursue new projects until an inquiry is closed.

Bin Laden company banned from work in Mecca after crane disaster

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