Qatar says citizen killed from shrapnel due to ‘military operations’

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Updated 28 June 2026
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Qatar says citizen killed from shrapnel due to ‘military operations’

  • Ministry said the second individual was injured, adding that it located the ⁠missing vessel in ‌the ‌early hours ​of ‌Sunday after search operations ‌that started a day earlier

CAIRO: Qatar’s interior ministry said on Sunday a ​Qatari national was killed after sustaining injuries from shrapnel due to “military operations in the area” ‌after a vessel ‌carrying ​him ‌and ⁠another ​person went ⁠missing.
The ministry said the second individual was injured, adding that it located the ⁠missing vessel in ‌the ‌early hours ​of ‌Sunday after search operations ‌that started a day earlier.
It did not give the ‌location of the incident and did ⁠not ⁠say whether the shrapnel was linked to Iranian drones launched against US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain on Sunday.