Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has released compensation to be paid to the families of the Nigerian victims of the 2015 Hajj crawler crane accident, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has disclosed.

The spokesperson of the Hajj Commission, Fatima Usara, said Nigeria's envoy to Saudi Arabia, Muhammad Dodo, disclosed the development during a meeting with the officials of the commission in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Six Nigerians died in the accident, which happened on September 11, 2015, as a crawler crane toppled over onto the Masjid al-Haram, the grand mosque in Mecca. Over a hundred more people from other countries were killed and 394 injured.

However, in Ms Usara's statement, the compensation said to have been release...