Two killed, seven hurt in mosque roof collapse

Two workers were killed and seven injured when the roof of a mosque under construction in Saudi Arabia collapsed on them, press reports said Saturday.

The men were working at the new mosque in the capital Riyadh when its roof collapsed, burying most of them, they said.

Rescuers found two dead bodies under the rubble but managed to save seven others, the papers said without mentioning the victims’ nationalities.