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Girl dies a day before receiving doctorate certificate in US

Tragedy struck a Saudi family when their daughter died of a heart attack just a day before she was due to obtain her doctorate certificate in the United States.

The unnamed girl has been on a scholarship in the US for many years and was due to receive her certificate at a university function this week.

“She died of a heart attack just one day before she was to be handed her doctorate certificate… her body was flown back home and she was buried in her hometown of Hafr Al Batain yesterday,” Sada Arabic language daily said.

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