OTTAWA (CBC) - An Ottawa man whose body was discovered in a Denver hotel might have died of cyanide poisoning, according to authorities. Saleman Abdirahman Dirie was found dead at a room in the Burnsley Hotel, located several blocks from Colorado state capitol building. Police said he had been dead for several days.Investigators found a bottle of white powder in Dirie's fourth-floor room. Police said they are trying to identify the powder, but that foul play is not suspected.The Federal Bureau of Investigation has said it is participating in the investigation.
An autopsy will be performed soon, according to the local medical examiner's office.
With files from the Associated Press
U.S. terrorism probe centres on Ottawa man dead from cyanide
The mysterious death of an Ottawa man in a Denver hotel is now the subject of a terrorism investigation. Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, 29, was found dead in a room at the Burnsley Hotel in downtown Denver on Monday morning, less than two weeks before the Democratic National Convention takes place in the Colorado city. The hotel is about four blocks from the State Capitol building.
A coroner's investigation found indications of cyanide poisoning, Denver police detective John White told the Ottawa Citizen on Tuesday more..http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=ec3dfe67-7cbf-4a21-8d79-5f9820977c0d
cyanide poisoning suspected in suspicious death
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