Egypt: Detained American Hangs Self in Prison

An American man detained in Egypt's Sinai peninsula for six weeks has been found dead in his prison cell. Security officials said he apparently committed suicide. The U.S. State Department identified the man as James Lunn. Egyptian security officials said his body was found on Sunday, hanging in the jail in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia. Egyptian police had detained Lunn in northern Sinai on August 27 on suspicion of violating a government curfew imposed as part of a crackdown on ...

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