Qatari student 'feared for safety' before murder

Tragic Qatari student Mohamed al-Majed told his parents that he feared for his safety – two weeks before he was killed in a gang attack in the UK.

Family members say the 16-year-old had phoned home to say he was concerned about the “mounting racism" in the area and had talked about moving to another town.

Mohamed, who had ambitions to join the military, died from severe head injuries on Sunday, two days after he and his friends were set upon by a gang in the south coastal town of Hastings.

The body of the 16-year-old, who was studying at the EF International Language School, was flown home on Wednesday for burial, Gulf Times reported on Thursday.

On Wednesday, mourners gathered inside the family’s ‘condolence tent’, to pay their respects to the boy described as “a brother to everyone”.

A post-mortem found that the teenager had suffered a skull fracture during the attack, which is being treated as racially motivated by police in the UK.

Mohamed had spent five weeks in Hastings studying and had been due to return home next weekend.

Three men, aged 17, 18 and 20, were arrested in connection with the incident and have been released on police bail.

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