britexpat said I've read some daft things in my time, but .."Many online, meanwhile, began questioning how such an incident could happen in Qatar, given it’s ranking as one of the safest countries in the world"
Sack the journalist for a start.."

But that IS the perception that Qatar has worked hard to maintain all these years and has succeeded quite well.

Agreed with Dawood that qatar will always be one of the safest countries in the world. Issues like this may occur but they are quickly controlled by the govt

/One thing though, "gun shots were fired" meaning the people involved in the altercation before the police arrived, had gun licences? Hmmm...