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Berezovsky Found Dead with 'Ligature around Neck'
[An Nahar] Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was found lying on the bathroom floor at his British home with a ligature around his neck and the same material on a shower rail, an inquest into his death heard on Thursday.The 67-year-old Kremlin critic was found dead on Saturday in his mansion in Ascot, west of London, sparking frenzied speculation about how he died. A post-mortem examination found his death was consistent with hanging, but toxicology tests are being carried out and it will be several weeks before the results are known. At the opening of the inquest in Britain, Detective Inspector Mark Bissell said Berezovsky was found with a "ligature around his neck and a piece of similar material on the shower rail above him". Although the post-mortem found no evidence of a violent struggle, the detective said the involvement of a third party "cannot be completely eliminated as tests remain outstanding". Berezovsky's body was found by an employee -- believed to be a bodyguard -- on Saturday afternoon. Bissell told the inquest that the employee had last seen Berezovsky alive at around 9:00 pm the night before. The inquest was opened and adjourned. Inquests in Britain are held into all unexplained deaths to establish the facts, but do not apportion blame. In the family's first public response to the death, Berezovsky's daughter Anastasia Berezovskaya said Wednesday he was not a "typical parent" and described him as an "extraordinary" man. Berezovsky fled to Britain in 2000 and used his British base to launch verbal attacks on the Kremlin and President Vladimir Putin from exile. Posted by: Fred 2013-03-29 |
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