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.
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 is deceased “brutally“.
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.
Two deaths in a few hours
His death comes a few hours later that of the American journalist Grant Wahl (48 years old)possibly the victim of a cardiac arrest which occurred on Friday during the quarter-final between Argentina and the Netherlands.
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The American journalist had warned of his delicate state of health for a few days on his site: “My body finally collapsed. Three weeks with little sleep, high stress and a lot of work can do this to you. What had been a cold for the past ten days turned into something more serious on the night of the USA-Netherlands game, and I could feel my upper chest taking on a new level of pressure and of discomfort.»
Wahl had assured that his Covid test was negative and that he had sought treatment for his symptoms. He said he was briefly detained by the security services for wearing a rainbow t-shirt at the start of the World Cup.
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