Several seriously injured as fairground ride snaps mid-air and crashes in Saudi Arabia
Footage circulating online showed the 360 Degrees ride breaking in half, with the circular carousel crashing down from a height of several metres.
The Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV channel reported 23 people were injured, four seriously, in the accident on Wednesday.
The amusement park in Taif, south-west Saudi Arabia, has been closed and an investigation is under way, Al Arabiya said.
Saudi Arabia has been building a number of leisure and entertainment attractions as the long-cloistered country seeks to diversify its oil-reliant economy.
Among its so-called giga-projects is Qiddiya near Riyadh, billed as an "entertainment city" of theme parks and a racetrack for motorsports.
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