4 Indians killed in manhole accident in Qatar

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Press Trust of India Dubai
Last Updated : Oct 31 2013 | 4:10 PM IST
At least four Indians have died of suffocation in Qatar while working in a sewage manhole.
The four were killed yesterday after they entered the manhole in Qatar's capital Doha for cleaning, Gulf Times reported.
Sources said the four victims -Ishaq, 26, Faisal, 30, Muneer, 20 and Mohamed, whose age was not mentioned - were from Kerala.
Two of the four workers who went into the manhole fell unconscious and the others had followed them in a bid to bring them out, sources said.
They had reportedly taken the work on contract and were cleaning the manhole when they were trapped inside.
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First Published: Oct 31 2013 | 4:10 PM IST