Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police for Criminal Investigation Affairs, Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al-Mansoori, told «Emirates Today»: “All indications and the initial medical examination confirm that the death of the Lebanese media broadcaster at Al-Arabiya station, Najwa Qassem, is normal as a result of a heart attack.” Noting that the police Dubai has taken its usual procedures, which include examining it by forensic experts with forensic evidence, likely confirming the outcome of the initial examination.
He added that «the media, Najwa Qassem (52 years), was living with family members in a new house in the Marina, in a normal atmosphere, and celebrated with them and her friends New Year’s Eve, and she went to her bed naturally last night, and when the alarm sounded in the morning, she did not wake up What raised their anxiety, so they went to her and tried to wake her up, but she did not respond, so they called an ambulance and found through the examination her death as a result of a heart attack, pointing out that there were doctors among her family members, and she was not suffering from diseases or health problems before death.
Al-Mansouri confirmed that the Dubai police inspection and investigations concluded that there is nothing out of the ordinary in the details that preceded the death of the Lebanese media, ruling out the existence of any criminal suspicion.
The news director of MBC in Saudi Arabia, Malik Al-Rouqi, announced, yesterday, the death of the anchor, Najwa Qassem, in a tweet posted on his official account on the social networking site «Twitter».
Qassem worked for the Lebanese Future TV, before moving to Al-Arabiya in 2004.