Arafat poisoned to death, Al-Jazeera says

By News Staff

Posted Nov 6, 2013 10:34 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Swiss scientists say longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned, according to a report by Al-Jazeera.

The scientists are quoted as saying tests showed death was the consequence of poisoning with Polonium-210.

Arafat died in a French hosptial in 2004 but the exact cause of death was never disclosed.

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