The Yekaterinburg Association of Foreign Students announced that Saeed Muawiya Mukhtar Suliman, a Libyan master's student at the Ural State University of Economics, died suddenly on October 2. The cause of death for the 25-year-old student was a nighttime asthma attack.
A friend of his stated that Mukhtar tried to reach his life-saving inhaler but was too late. He moved to Yekaterinburg seven years ago and was actively involved in university life during his undergraduate and graduate studies. He worked in the International Cooperation Office, assisting other international students.
The tragic death of a young boy in the United States was previously reported.
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