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No foul play in death of Gaddafi oil boss: Austria
Source: Reuters
No foul play in death of Gaddafi oil boss: Austria
By Fredrik Dahl
VIENNA | Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:56pm EDT
(Reuters) - Libya's Gaddafi-era prime minister and oil chief Shokri Ghanem died after suffering heart failure and falling into the Danube river and there is no sign of foul play, the Vienna prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
The mysterious death in late April shocked Ghanem's friends and colleagues, who at the time said they suspected enemies may have hunted down and killed the man who knew more than anyone else about the toppled Libyan dictator's billions.
But a spokesman for the prosecutor's office in the Austrian capital said he "definitely" did not see any suspicion that the 69-year-old had been murdered.
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By Fredrik Dahl
VIENNA | Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:56pm EDT
(Reuters) - Libya's Gaddafi-era prime minister and oil chief Shokri Ghanem died after suffering heart failure and falling into the Danube river and there is no sign of foul play, the Vienna prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
The mysterious death in late April shocked Ghanem's friends and colleagues, who at the time said they suspected enemies may have hunted down and killed the man who knew more than anyone else about the toppled Libyan dictator's billions.
But a spokesman for the prosecutor's office in the Austrian capital said he "definitely" did not see any suspicion that the 69-year-old had been murdered.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/11/us-libya-ghanem-austria-idUSBRE86A0WM20120711
