A second journalist who was in Qatar for the World Cup of soccer passed away on Saturday, but no definitive cause of death has been established.
According to the Daily Mail, Qatari photojournalist Khalid al-Misslam who worked for Al Kass TV has passed away.
Al Kass TV photojournalist Khalid al-Misslam passed away recently.
Al- Misslam, a Qatari, died suddenly while covering the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. We believe in Allah's mercy and forgiveness for him, and send our deepest condolences to his family. pic.twitter.com/M1ZyoBJWkW— Gulf-Times (@GulfTimes_QATAR) December 10, 2022
The photojournalist passed away “recently,” according to a tweet about his passing from the Qatar-based news source Gulf Times. No new details concerning his passing had been made public as of Monday.
After reporter Grant Wahl passed away on Friday, the circumstances of the second death of a journalist caused some to wonder, with one American soccer training facility tweeting, “What is going on?”
It has been reported that Al Kass TV photojournalist Khalid al-Misslam died suddenly on Saturday while covering the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
What is going on?
— Cruz Coaching (@CoachingCruz) December 11, 2022
A second journalist dies in Qatar whilst covering the #WorldCup. Photojournalist Khalid al-Misslam from Qatari news channel Al Kass TV passed away on Saturday; a day before that, US soccer journalist Grant Wahl, 48, collapsed at the match between Argentina and the Netherlands. pic.twitter.com/yy7tXdQl8B
— Monica Grayley (@MonicaGrayley) December 11, 2022
According to the New York Post, Wahl’s brother, Eric, made remarks following his death that implied his brother might have been assassinated due to the reporter’s animosity toward the Qatari regime.
On Twitter, Eric Wahl continued to make remarks against his brother.
In NYC now. Can update that Grant did go to hospital in an ambulance. Colleagues followed in an Uber. There was no available AED onsite, though it sounds as though it wouldn't have made a difference, if my understanding of the medical situation is correct. G comes home tomorrow.
— Eric Wahl (@ziplamak) December 12, 2022
There will be a proper autopsy here in the US. The family will release a proper statement after that.
— Eric Wahl (@ziplamak) December 12, 2022
According to the Post, Grant Wahl claimed to have bronchitis the day before he passed away.
“My body I think told me, even after the U.S. went out, ‘dude, you are not sleeping enough.’ It rebelled on me. So I’ve had a case of bronchitis this week. I’ve been to the medical clinic at the media center twice now, including today,” he stated on his podcast.
“I’m feeling better today I basically canceled everything on this Thursday that I had and napped. And I’m doing slightly better. I think you can probably tell in my voice that I’m not 100 percent,” he remarked.
After Friday night’s quarterfinal match involving Argentina and the Netherlands, a World Cup security guard reportedly fell from a “significant height” on Saturday, according to the Guardian.
According to the Guardian, the guard was a migrant laborer who was in stable but serious condition.
Earlier in the competition, a Filipino man who had been hired to fix lights in a parking lot passed away after falling.
Nasser al-Khater, the director of Qatar’s World Cup operations, said after the worker’s death that “death is a natural part of life — whether it’s at work, whether it’s in your sleep.”
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