Family demands investigation into Guantanamo inmate's death

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The family of a Yemeni prisoner said to have committed suicide at the US Guantanamo Bay prison is refusing to bury him, demanding an investigation into his death, the family lawyer said on Saturday.

US authorities said on Friday it handed over the body of Ali Abdullah Ahmed and those of two Saudi inmates it says committed suicide at the prison in Cuba last week.

Their families have questioned the possibility that the men, all devout Muslims, have taken their own lives, saying that would amount to a major violation of the Islamic faith.

"The family ... is refusing to bury him and are asking for an autopsy to know the real reason behind his death," Khaled al-Ansi, also a human rights activist, told Reuters.

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