Doctor doubts FBI in imam's shooting death

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POSTED: JUNE 3, 2010
Doctor doubts FBI in imam's shooting death
He questions bullets in back, dog wounds
BY NIRAJ WARIKOO
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

A noted pathologist raised questions Wednesday about how the FBI handled the 2009 shooting death of a Muslim leader in Dearborn, saying that Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah was mauled by a dog and did not receive emergency medical assistance.

Dr. Cyril Wecht of Pittsburgh has handled a number of high-profile cases. He said Abdullah was shot twice in the back -- not once as Wayne County Medical Examiner Carl Schmidt's report said. Schmidt did not comment Wednesday.

Abdullah was killed by FBI agents during a raid Oct. 28. He had bites and claw marks from an FBI dog used during an attempt to arrest him and his followers on suspicion of dealing in stolen goods, Wecht said. He concluded the dog fractured Abdullah's jaw ...

"I'm no shill for them," Wecht said. "I happen to be Jewish. ... I'm not speaking here as a pro-Islamic terrorist supporter ... or anything like that. I'm not coming in here with a biased eye" ...

http://www.freep.com/article/20100603/NEWS05/6030357/Doctor-doubts-FBI-in-imam-s-shooting-death