Detainee dies at Guantanamo

September 11, 2012 02:46

A detainee died over the weekend at the US prison for "war on terror" suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the ninth since the detention center opened in 2002, the US military said today.

The detainee, who was not identified pending notification of his government and next of kin, was found "unconscious and unresponsive" by guards in the prison's Camp Five on Saturday during a routine check, the US Southern Command said. "After extensive lifesaving measures had been performed, the detainee was pronounced dead by a physician," it said in a statement.

Camp Five is a facility that "houses those detainees deemed to be the highest threat to themselves, other detainees or guards," said Jose Ruiz, a spokesman for the Miami-based Southern Command. Eight other detainees have died at Guantanamo since 2002, including six suicides, Ruiz said.

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