DFA confirms OFW’s death in Qatar resort

The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed Thursday night the death of a Filipino national working in a resort in Mesaieed, Qatar.

The DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Doha is already working with legal authorities on the circumstances surrounding the OFW's death.

"They will remain in contact with the next of kin of the deceased as they work for the earliest repatriation of his remains," DFA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gonar Musor said.

Out of respect to the family, the department said it would not provide more details about the death of the OFW.

Online sports publication 'The Athletic' reported that the Filipino worker died while repairing lights in a parking lot of a five-star resort that was being used as a World Cup training base for the Saudi Arabia squad.

The report said he slipped off a ramp while walking alongside a forklift and hit his head on the concrete pavement.

He was not wearing a safety harness, according to the report.

Nasser Al Khater, chief executive of the 2022 World Cup in Doha, in several interviews offered his condolences to the family of the Filipino worker, and said "death is a natural part of life."