An elderly Palestinian-American who was found dead after being detained by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank suffered sudden cardiac arrest caused by the stress of being manhandled, according to a Palestinian autopsy released Wednesday.
A brother of Omar Abdalmajeed As'ad said the report - which also noted that the 78-year-old had a history of heart problems - showed Israel bore responsibility for his death two weeks ago.
Details of As'ad's pre-dawn detention on Jan. 12 in his hometown of Jiljilya, and the post-mortem examination, "lead us to deduce that the death happened as a result of sudden cardiac arrest stemming from the stress of external violence", said the report, issued by the Palestinian Justice Ministry.
