Emeute à الرمثا Ramtha après la mort d’un détenu – 20 novembre 2011

Riots break out anew in northern town

jordantimes.com

By Raed Omari

AMMAN – Riots erupted anew but faded away within hours on Sunday in the northern town of Ramtha following the release of the results of an autopsy on Najem Azaizeh, who died last week while in police custody.

The autopsy report said that Azaizeh, 21, died of asphyxiation and not police brutality, noting his body bore no traces of violence or torture.

The report, which echoed the Public Security Department’s (PSD) initial investigation of the incident, said the direct cause of death was asphyxiation resulting from a rope or a similar object.

Last week, the PSD said in a statement posted on its website that Azaiazeh hanged himself using a rope he made from a blanket in his cell.

Unsatisfied with the autopsy results, residents of Ramtha took to the streets again yesterday, burning tyres and blocking the main roads and highways. Read more…