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Murder claim rocks cricket showcase
ReutersAlert ^ | Mar 23, 2007 | Simon Evans

Posted on 03/23/2007 6:57:05 AM PDT by fishhound

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Jamaican police launched a murder inquiry on Thursday into the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer at the World Cup, saying he was strangled.

The death on Sunday was "due to asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation", according to a police statement read to a news conference at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston where Woolmer was found unconscious before he died on Sunday.

"Bob was a large man -- it would have taken some force," deputy commissioner Mark Shields said. "Hopefully we will bring the killers to justice as soon as possible. We will use every energy we possibly have to track down the killers."

(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.com ...


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1 posted on 03/23/2007 6:57:07 AM PDT by fishhound
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To: fishhound
"...asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation"

Well, that's just not cricket, is it.

2 posted on 03/23/2007 6:59:04 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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