Lawyer: suspect at Guantanamo attempted suicide

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Lawyer: suspect at Guantanamo attempted suicide

Source: Associated Press

Lawyer: suspect at Guantanamo attempted suicide
27 minutes ago

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A lawyer for the alleged "20th hijacker" says the Saudi tried to kill himself at Guantanamo last month after learning he faced a possible death sentence.

The lawyer says Mohammed al-Qahtani cut himself repeatedly and had to be hospitalized.

Attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez said Tuesday that al-Qahtani was upset to learn he faced murder and war crimes charges in the Sept. 11 attacks. The Pentagon later dropped the charges without saying why.

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Gutierrez was not able to reveal the information until now because of security rules.

Read more: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hJumMb7_pxTcjwrfdelTuvwHRyjAD90PG8A80

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