Bulgaria investigates death of Palestinian
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A Palestinian who escaped from Israeli custody after being convicted of a 1986 murder has died at the Palestinian embassy in Sofia, Bulgarian prosecutors said yesterday.
Police sealed off the mission building in the capital as an investigation began into the death of Omar el-Nayef, who was jailed along with two other men for killing an Israeli settler.
Prosecutors said in an initial statement they had been alerted by a representative of the Palestinian mission in Bulgaria “about a man who died as a result of violence” but a spokeswoman for the prosecutors later said no signs of violence were found on his body.
She said Nayef was found in the mission’s back yard and prosecutors were investigating if he was pushed or fell from a high floor, as well all other possible causes.
The mission, which is not guarded by Bulgarian security forces or its own guards and does not have camera surveillance, confirmed he was Omar el-Nayef but declined further comment.
Palestinian sources said he had been shot and a Palestinian prisoners’ association and the militant Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine blamed Israel for his death, while President Mahmoud Abbas condemned what he called a “crime”.
An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said it learned of his death in the media and was studying the information.
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