A Saudi businessman collapsed in the middle of his speech Monday while speaking in Egypt and later died, video footage shows.
Saudi businessman and chairman of the board of Al-Salam Holding Company, Muhammad Al-Qahtani, was speaking at the Arab African Conference in Cairo when he seemed to lose consciousness mid-speech and fall over.
Al-Qahtani was praising President of the Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed, calling him a “dean of humanity and a man of peace” just before collapsing, according to Arabi21, which was cited by news.com.au.
Video footage shows Al-Qahtani speaking as others in the room applaud him. Suddenly Al-Qahtani appears to sway backwards before falling over. The video then cuts short.
السيسي عميد الإنسانية ورجل السلام، بوووووم ?
سَتُكمِلُها يوم البعث يا قحطاني pic.twitter.com/ie4Ma02NTa— عبدالله الشريف (@AbdullahElshrif) August 9, 2022
محمد بن ناصر بن وزن آل مسعود القحطاني
رجل أعمال سعودي مقيم بالإمارات وتم منحه مناصب شرفية كسفير نوايا حسنة وما إلى ذلك
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“ستكتب شهادتهم ويُسئلون”
اللهم إنا نسألك حسن الخاتمة pic.twitter.com/pOAILVbIUS— عصام (@DrEsamBaraka) August 9, 2022
Egyptian YouTuber Abdullah Elshrif wrote that security guards took Al-Qahtani to a separate room where he then died, news.com.au reported. (RELATED: Nigerian Student Reportedly Dies During A Reenactment Of Jesus’ Crucifixion)
It remains unclear why Al-Qahtani collapsed and subsequently died.
