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Pakistani Relative Says FBI Tortured Dead Detainee
Thursday, November 01, 2001
Islam Online
& News Agencies

As many as 100 people are being held in federal lockups in New York City alone as part of the investigation.

LAHORE/WASHINGTON
A relative of a Pakistani-American who died in FBI custody last week claimed the detainee was tortured by U.S. prison authorities.

Rafiq Butt, 42, was taken into custody by the FBI after the September 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington. He was arrested in New York, where he had been living for several years.

The FBI claimed that Butt died of cardiac arrest. He was being detained as a material witness and had not been charged with a crime.

Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on Butt's death on October 24, identifying him as 55-year-old Muhammed Butt, and quoting a criminal justice official as saying that he died "of natural causes from a pre-existing heart condition."

"He did not have anthrax. He was taking antibiotics but he did not have anthrax," Emily Hornaday told AFP by telephone.
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