The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau says it was confirmed that the individual who died in a shooting in Doha, Qatar was not a Sri Lankan expatriate.
Issuing a statement the Bureau said it was confirmed after the Head of the Labour Unit of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Qatar inquired into the matter with the area Police.
Police had confirmed that the victim was not a Sri Lankan national.
The Bureau added upon further inspection of hospitals in the area it was confirmed that there were no remains of a Sri Lankan national who died in a shooting.
