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World Cup: a second journalist dies "brutally", the reasons for his death still unknown

2022-12-12T08:04:35.566Z


Two days after the death of American journalist Grant Wahl (48), a second journalist, Qatari photographer Khalid al-Misslam, died this weekend according to the Gulf Times.


Another very sad news has just fallen during this World Cup in Qatar as revealed by the Gulf Times, that of the death of the Qatari journalist Khalid al-Misslam.

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The reasons for the death of this photographer have not yet been revealed and the circumstances not yet established.

The Gulf Times only reveals that Khalid al-Misslam died "suddenly".

Read alsoWorld Cup in Qatar: American journalist Grant Wahl dies in the middle of a match

Two deaths in a few hours

Khalid al-Misslam worked for the state broadcaster Al-Kass, which said he was in mourning on social media, but did not specify the circumstances of his employee's death.

His death comes a few hours after that of American journalist Grant Wahl (48), possibly the victim of a cardiac arrest which occurred on Friday during the quarter-final between Argentina and the Netherlands.

He said he was briefly detained by the security services for wearing a rainbow t-shirt at the start of the World Cup.

To read also Discoverer of LeBron James, candidate for Fifa and trouble with security in Qatar: who was Grant Wahl, figure of American sports journalism?

Source: lefigaro

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