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FIFA on Thursday confirmed the demise of a migrant employee on the resort utilized by Saudi Arabia through the group levels on the World Cup in Qatar.
“FIFA is deeply saddened by this tragedy and our ideas and sympathies are with the employee’s household,” a spokesperson for the world soccer governing physique informed CNN in an announcement.
“As quickly as FIFA was made conscious of the accident, we contacted the native authorities to request extra particulars.
“FIFA shall be ready to remark additional as soon as the related processes in relation to the employee’s passing have been accomplished.”
It’s unclear what the employee was doing or the circumstances surrounding the particular person’s demise.
Sealine Seashore resort was the designated FIFA coaching base for Saudi Arabia earlier than the staff was eradicated within the group levels of the event.
In an announcement to CNN, Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Supply & Legacy (SC) stated: “As a result of incident referred to having taken place on property not below the jurisdiction of the SC, and the deceased working as a contractor not below the remit of the SC, this matter is being dealt with by the related authorities authorities.
“The SC is following up with the identical related authorities to make sure we’re up to date with developments pertaining to the investigation regularly and has established contact with the household of the deceased to make sure related info is conveyed,” the SC added.
A Qatari authorities official confirmed to CNN that the incident was being investigated by authorities.
“If the investigation concludes that security protocols weren’t adopted, the corporate shall be topic to authorized motion and extreme monetary penalties,” the official stated.
Additionally on Thursday, Qatar 2022 World Cup chief government Nasser Al Khater informed a Reuters reporter that “demise is a pure a part of life” in response to a query in regards to the newest migrant employee demise, however he didn’t handle the circumstances round this incident.
“We’re in the course of a World Cup. And we now have a profitable World Cup. And that is one thing you need to speak about proper now?” Al Khater stated.
“I imply, demise is a pure a part of life, whether or not it’s at work, whether or not it’s in your sleep. After all, a employee died. Our condolences go to his household. Nonetheless, I imply, it’s unusual that that is one thing you need to concentrate on as your first query.”
In an interview with Piers Morgan, which aired on TalkTV in November, Hassan Al-Thawadi, Secretary Basic of the SC, stated that between 400 and 500 migrant staff have died because of work finished on tasks related to the event – a higher determine than Qatari officers have cited beforehand.
Al-Thawadi stated in the identical interview that three migrant staff had died in incidents straight related with development of World Cup stadiums, and 37 deaths had been attributed to different causes.
In his interview on Thursday, Al Khater added: “Look, staff’ demise has been an enormous topic through the World Cup. The whole lot that has been stated and every part that has been mirrored about staff’ deaths has been completely false.
“This theme, this negativity across the World Cup has been one thing that we’ve been confronted with. We’re a bit disenchanted that the journalists have been exacerbating this false narrative.
“And truthfully, I believe a number of the journalists need to ask themselves and replicate on why they’ve been attempting to bang on in regards to the topic for therefore lengthy.”
