Death of prosecutor
Alberto Nisman was found with a bullet wound on the
right side of his head, a .22 caliber handgun and casing next to his lifeless
body, in the bathroom of his locked apartment, according to a preliminary
autopsy that found no evidence of anyone else's involvement in his death.
But what would seem like a clear-cut
case of suicide is clouded by the stunning timing of the prosecutor's death,
just hours before he was to give potentially incendiary testimony to
Argentina's congress about his accusation that President Cristina Fernandez and
other top officials protected Iranian suspects in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish
center, considered Argentina's worst terrorist attack.
Despite the government's assertion that
Nisman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, thousands of Argentines gathered
late Monday in the iconic Plaza de Mayo, in front of the presidential residence
and in other cities to demand authorities clarify the death.
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