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| Pakistani Held in Attack Probe Dies in U.S. Jail |
| By Reuters |
| Published: 11/05/2001 |
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A Pakistani man detained on immigration charges in the U.S. probe of last month's plane attacks died in his jail cell in New Jersey apparently of a heart condition, officials said last week. Muhammed Butt, 55, was found lying on his back on his bed early on October 23 in his cell at the Hudson County jail in Kearny, New Jersey, officials said. Terrence Hull, a first assistant prosecutor in Hudson County, said Butt's death 'was related to a heart condition.' An official also said between Oct. 1 and Oct. 6, the man was treated with an antibiotic after he complained of gum pain and showed signs of gingivitis. Although officials initially administered a nasal swab on the body to test for anthrax, a test for the potential germ warfare bacteria would not be part of toxicological examinations, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey state medical examiner said. The result of the swab test was negative. 'There is no anthrax involved,' said Emily Hornaday, spokeswoman for the New Jersey division of criminal justice, which oversees the medical examiner's office. Newark, New Jersey, FBI spokeswoman Sandra Carroll said Butt was questioned by the agency on being detained on Sept. 19 for an immigration violation after the hijack attacks on New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. She said Butt had lived in the New York borough of Queens and the FBI knew of no local family or his occupation. Immigration and Naturalization Service spokesman Kerry Gill said Butt's visa had expired and an immigration judge issued a deportation order for him. In the nation's largest ever probe, Butt was one of 165 people detained on immigration charges across the United States after the attacks, Gill said. Butt was awaiting travel documents to return to Pakistan when he died, Gill added. |
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