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Pete Pattisson and Imran Mukhtar in Mansehra

Family of worker killed on Saudi World Cup site still waiting for compensation a year on

Computer-generated images of Aramco Stadium in the eastern city of Al Khobar, the first new stadium to be built for the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia.
A computer-generated image of Aramco Stadium in the eastern city of Al Khobar. Mohammad Arshad died on 12 March 2025 after falling from a high platform at the stadium construction site Photograph: Handout

When Mohammad Arshad fell to his death while constructing the first new stadium for the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, one of the main stadium contractors, the Belgian construction multinational Besix, promised it would take immediate steps to ensure all end-of-service and insurance payments were, “handled in a timely and respectful manner”.

Almost a year later, Arshad’s family say they have yet to receive either.

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