Colombo: Two Sri Lankans died in a deadly road accident around the Ras Abu Aboud flyover in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday. Several others were injured and are receiving treatment at the emergency unit of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), ‘Daily Mirror’ reported.
The injured are from Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Philippines, though the exact number could not be established.
The victims are believed to be employees of Doha Marriot Hotel.
“A team from our hotel was in Doha as it’s a time we have to be with our employees, and we are doing what we can to assist our employees and their families,” said a Marriot official referring to the arrival of a team from Marriot International Inc’s Middle East and Africa Continent Office in Dubai.
The bodies of the deceased, who have been identified as Abdul Hameed Mohamed Faizan (33), driving one of the ill-fated minibuses, and M. N. Prasanna Ruwan (27), an employee of Marriot, will be repatriated by the Sri Lankan embassy in Qatar.
Shop owner assaulted and killed
Colombo: A Sri Lankan shop owner in Bedford, England - Vairamuthu Thiyagarajah, 56 - succumbed to his injuries after being assaulted, according to ‘Colombo Gazette’.
Quoting from Bedfordshire news, it reported that the deceased shared the flat with three employees who worked at the store.
One of them identified as Thilak Mohan-Raj, 25, has been arrested that night in connection with the murder, according to the report.
However, he was later released on police bail but has been taken again into custody on Wednesday night and charged with intent.
Until he appears in court again on April 24, he will remain in custody.
Thiyagarajah, who died with his family at his bedside, leaves his wife, a son, four daughters, three sons-in-law, a daughter-in-law and a few grandchildren.
Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit are further investigating the case while the post mortem has been arranged for Monday April 15.
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