Gimo Detainee Found Dead

May 31, 12:19 AM

Current Headlines: Military officials said a Guantanamo Bay detention facility prisoner found dead in his cell Wednesday apparently committed suicide.

Authorities didn't release the Saudi man's name or details of his death, The Washington Post reported.

The detainee was found unresponsive and not breathing in his cell by guards, military officials said in a news release. The detainee was pronounced dead by a physician after all lifesaving measures had been exhausted.

He would be the fourth detainee suicide at the facility in the past year, the newspaper said.

Attorneys with the Center for Constitutional Rights, a New York-based group representing many Guantanamo detainees, said they had obtained no details and had no independent confirmation the death was a suicide.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service was investigating, and a cultural adviser was assisting base officials to ensure the detainee's body is handled in a culturally sensitive and religiously appropriate manner, the military news release said.