From left, Lillie, Jackson and Willsher Weekes, age 2, died in a fire at the Villagio shopping Mall in Doha, Qatar earlier this year. Photo / File
Journalists and academics have questioned the credibility of a report by a Saudi news agency that claims the Qatar mall fire that killed New Zealand triplets was an act of terrorism.
Government officials will look into allegations reported by Al Arabiya, which claims to have evidence the Doha mall fire,
which killed 19 people, was deliberately started by people acting under the orders of the Syrian Government.
Prime Minister John Key said he had seen media reports but no evidence to indicate the fire was not accidental.
"Obviously we take these sort of reports seriously, and so I've asked my officials to go away and drill down, have a look and see if there's any merit to these reports," Mr Key said.
An investigation by officials in Qatar found the fire was the result of an electrical fault.
