A fire that erupted in a nursery in a main shopping centre in Qatar's capital killed 19 people - three New Zealand children reportedly among them.
13 children were killed in the fire, the interior ministry said.
The blaze left "19 dead, including 13 children, among them seven girls and six boys, in addition to four female teachers"
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A Qatar judge has ordered "blood money" be paid to the families who lost loved ones in Doha mall fire in 2012 - including the New Zealand Weekes' triplets - but those responsible will not go to jail.
On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the deadlyVillaggio Mall fire Doha News is reporting a judge has decided none of the five managers and complex owners will serve jail time.
Instead they will be punished by paying what is known as "blood money" compensation to the families of the 19 victims. Under Islamic Sharia law, financial compensation is paid to the victim or relatives of the victim in cases of murder, bodily harm or property damage.
The victims included of 2-year-old New Zealand triplets Lillie, Willsher and Jackson Weekes who died when fire ripped through the Gympanzee childcare centre in the mall.
None of the defendants or relatives of those who died were present when the verdict was delivered in the Court of Appeal.
A municipal worker was sentenced to five years in jail for providing a forged licence to the childcare centre.
However, all the defendants appealed their sentence and were exonerated last October after a judge ruled several pieces of evidence and witness testimony were inadmissible.
Doha News reported the judge said he would "punish them once more" by ordering the four owners and manager to jointly pay QR200,000 - around NZ$80,000 - in blood money to relatives of each victim.
The mall's insurance company was also required to contribute funds.
Doha News said some families had already received payment after compensation was ordered by the lower criminal court judge in 2013.
The municipal worker had his sentence reduced to a one-year suspended sentence.