KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Authorities are investigating whether a suspect in the kidnapping of three U.N. workers was tortured before he died in police custody, an official said Sunday.
A government commission will examine the death of Kachkool, who was arrested after the abduction of the three foreigners on Oct. 28 and died several days ago, Interior Ministry spokesman Latfullah Mashal said.
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Officials initially suggested that heart problems and the side-effects of an old bullet wound could have been responsible for the man's death, while saying he might also have been hurt while resisting arrest.
But Mashal said members of his family had complained that his body showed signs of beating. Relatives have reportedly claimed that the corpse was returned to them minus its fingernails.
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