QATAR 2022: Security guard dies after falling from the 8th floor of the Lusail stadium

John Njue Kibue, a Kenyan security guard, has died in hospital after falling while on duty at Qatar's Lusail stadium early Saturday morning under unknown circumstances. 

The 24-year-old migrant worker has become the latest in a string of workers to die mysteriously while working in Qatar, and his family were notified about his death after he gave up the ghost in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Hamad General Hospital in Doha. 

The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, who are the organisers of the World Cup announced Kibue’s death in a statement which read:

The circumstances surrounding Kibue's fall are unknown, but his family is desperate for the truth, even though they are unable to privately fund an investigation. 

His sister, Ann Wanjiru, told CNN,

Qatar's Supreme Committee also said in their released statement:

while promising to investigate the circumstances leading to his fall urgently. 

According to CNN, Kibue's medical certificate states that he had a “severe head injury, facial fractures, and pelvic fractures.” presumably caused by the fall. 

As fans continue to enjoy the spectacle of the 2022 World Cup, it has become harder to ignore the unique circumstances under which the tournament is being hosted amid worries about worker safety and an uneasy conversation about the same.