Worker deaths for Fifa world cup between 400 and 500: Qatar official

During an interview with a British journalist, a top official of Qatar involved in the courtry's World Cup organization has put the number of worker deaths for the tournament between 400 and 500

The number of worker deaths for the World Cup has been estimated for the first time by a top Qatari official involved in the country's World Cup organisation to be "between 400 and 500," a far higher estimate than any other previously provided by Doha, reported the Economic Times.

During an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan, Hassan al-Thawadi, the secretary-general of Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy said, "The estimate is around 400, between 400 and 500. I don't have the exact number. That's something that's been discussed."

"One death is a death too many. Plain and simple,"