Publication Date:
Tue, 2007-07-24 03:00
MAKKAH, 24 July 2007 — Abeer Turki Al-Harthi was buried yesterday after passing away Sunday night in the intensive care ward of Al-Nur hospital after an exposed cable at the Makkah Summer Festival electrocuted her. The six-year-old girl went into a coma after the accident and never recovered.
Turki Al-Harthi, the father of the victim, blamed the festival organizers, municipal officials, Saudi Civil Defense and Saudi Electric Company for negligence. The father has called on authorities to find those responsible for carelessly laying high-voltage electrical cable in areas with a lot of public pedestrian traffic and children.
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