Two Nepali workers were killed in a mudslide at a construction site in Umm Guwailina of Qatar on Tuesday.

The Nepalese victims have been identified as Tul Bahadur Nepal (22) and Dev Bahadur Sahi (40).

Two other Egyptians Mahmoud Sabit (28) and Hamad Marrai (24) were also killed in the mishap.

Tul Bahadur had arrived in Doha only about a month ago while Dev Bahadur was employed by the firm for three months, the report quoted their colleagues as saying.

Eyewitnesses said the four labourers were trying to clear a five metre high wall of mud and concrete blocks to make way for new construction. However, a seven-metre stretch of the wall gave way and fell over these workers, killing them instantly.

The bodies of the four victims are currently kept at the mortuary of the Hamad General Hospital and officials from Al Bateel Engineering and Construction Co, their employers, were trying to complete formalities related to sending them home for last rites, reports the online edition of The Peninsula, Qatar’s leading English daily.

Two Nepalese workers among five were killed on December 26, when the scaffolding of a building under construction at the Ramada hotel extension site collapsed.