Less than 48 hours after the death of American journalist Grant Wahl was known, the death of a second reporter covering the Qatar 2022 World Cup has been announced, which has raised controversy over the reasons for these events.
The coverage of the Qatar 2022 World Cup has been marred once again after the death of a second journalist who covered the event. The first was the American Grant Wahl, who died in strange conditions after covering the game between Argentina and the Netherlands.
Less than 48 hours after Wahl’s unfortunate case became known, the death of Khalid al-Misslam, a Qatari photojournalist who died “suddenly” while working on one of the quarterfinal matches that took place on Saturday.
The news was reported by Qatar’s Al-Kass television station, and was immediately replicated by various media outlets that were at the World Cup and were also shocked by what had happened.
Although no further details were given about the unexpected death of Khalid al-Misslam, the case has raised various speculations by those who associate the unfortunate fate of both reporters with something provoked and unnatural, as had been reported in the case of the American.
Speculation about the deaths of journalists in the World Cup
After confirming the death of Grant Wahl, his brother expressed doubts that his death was due to natural causes because the statement had strongly criticized the organization of the World Cup in Qatar due to the rejection shown to the LGBTQ + community, among other things. .
In fact, the reporter, who was 48 years old, was detained on November 21 for almost half an hour, before going to cover the match between the United States and Wales teams that took place at the Al Rayyan Stadium.
Wahl, in the form of a protest, had decided to wear a shirt with the colors of the LGBTQ+ community to attend the game and, because this type of clothing is prohibited in the Arab country, he had been prohibited from entering the stadium.