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Updated 07 February 2017
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Man stopped from setting himself on fire at Grand Mosque

Updated 07 February 2017
In this video clip circulated on social media, Saudi security officers hustle away a man who reportedly tried to set himself on fire beside the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Makkah late on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. 
 
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