Stone falls from Western Wall

A 1-ton stone dropped out of the Western Wall in Jerusalem Monday. The stone smashed on the ground, near the Robinson’s Arch platform reserved for non-Orthodox prayer services narrowly missing a woman praying at the site. No injuries were reported. Police and Western Wall authorities closed the area off and Israel Antiquities Authority archeologists are investigating the incident. Local archeologists said the fall was the first known incident of its kind, and said it was too early to draw conclusions about it.