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

By Thomson Reuters Jun 28, 2026 | 11:59 AM

CAIRO, June 28 (Reuters) – 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 ‌U.S. military sites ​in Kuwait ⁠and Bahrain on Sunday.

(Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Ros ​Russell)