RAMALLAH: A Palestinian detainee has died in Israeli custody, reports AP. Ayman Abu Sufian, 40, suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure. He was detained on assault charges two days earlier. According to AP, the Palestinian attorney general has launched an investigation. Diabetes is a precarious condition to have when in military detention. Should a detainee suffer from a hypoglycemic attack resulting from lack of food or insulin, the possibility of death is very high. A hypoglycemic attack occurs when the amount of sugar in one's blood drops to below the standard level. At first, one feels shaky and loses hand-eye coordination, then speech becomes slurred and vision begins to blur. If food is not consumed immediately, one may fall into a coma. Shortly after, the body shuts down. Less than two weeks ago, another Palestinian died in Israeli custody. Arafat Jadarat was reportedly tortured to death after being detained by Israeli forces during a demonstration. The Palestinian Authority Minister of Detainee Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, said that his autopsy revealed several broken bones in Jadarat's body. “The information we have received so far is shocking and painful. The evidence corroborates our suspicion that Mr. Jaradat died as a result of torture, especially since the autopsy clearly proved that the victim's heart was healthy, which disproves the initial alleged account presented by occupation authorities that he died of a heart attack," Qaraqe told a press conference in Ramallah, Ma'an News Agency reported. His death was met with an increase in already frequent and fierce demonstrations in the occupied West Bank. BN
