I find it interesting that the local newspapers will publish the information because it happened out of their own country however you rarely hear about car accidents, abuse, etc over here. We know the they all happen but they turn a blind eye.

I understand they want to protect their people and having been wronged in another country is fair enough, however it is not just Qatari people who are robbed. People get robbed every day, it is very rare that people are specifically picked to be robbed because of their race. It would be as someone said above that their possesions would have been noticed such as the phones, watches etc.