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Bob Woolmer may have been strangled, according to the West Indies' top newspaper.
The Jamaica Gleaner is reporting that a high-ranking police officer told them that fresh evidence had surfaced that Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer had been strangled in his hotel room.
The Gleaner quoted an unnamed police officer as saying: ""A bone in the neck, near the glands, was broken, and this suggests that somebody might have put some pressure on it.
"We are now treating this as a homicide."
Woolmer died in his room at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, between Saturday night and Sunday.
The paper reported that Woolmer was half-naked, wrapped in a towel when he was discovered.
Jamaica police, however, refused to confirm the report and have repeated their earlier statement that the death is being treated as simply "suspicious" at this stage.
In other developments, Scotland yard has confirmed that two detectives from London's police service will go to Jamiaca to help in the investigation.
Police have also begun examining Woolmer's laptop for evidence.
An emotional Inzamam-ul-Haq dedicated his last match as captain and as a one-day player to his coach, who died suddenly at the weekend, following Pakistan's cricket World Cup win over Zimbabwe.
Pakistan, already eliminated from the competition, romped to a 93-run victory over Zimbabwe today just three days after Woolmer's death rocked the competition.
"This game was difficult because we had dedicated it to Bob and we said before the match 'we are down but we will get up and give out 100 per cent effort for Bob'," Inzamam said.
"The last three or four days have been very difficult for all the players and we were under a lot of stress but we came out and we did it for Bob."
Emotions in the Pakistan camp have been running high ever since Woolmer was found unconscious in his hotel room on Sunday. He was pronounced dead in hospital later that day, less than 24 hours after his team had been knocked out of the tournament following a shock defeat at the hands of debutants Ireland.
- NZHERALD STAFF
