Afghan prisoner commits suicide in Guantanamo Bay
May 20th, 2011 - 9:05 am ICT by IANSGuantanamo Bay, May 20 (IANS/AKI) An Afghan inmate at the Guantanamo Bay prison has died in an apparent suicide case, US army officials said.
The prisoner - identified as Inayatullah - had been detained in the prison since 2007.
The US military said in a statement the prisoner was found “unresponsive and not breathing”.
“After extensive life-saving measures had been exhausted, the detainee was pronounced dead by a physician,” the statement said.
This was reportedly the sixth prisoner suicide case since the detention centre opened in January 2002.
–IANS/AKI
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