Argentine prosecutor’s death sparks protests

Mr Nisman was found shot dead in his apartment in Buenos Aires on Sunday.He had been investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires in which 85 people died.Officials said there was no evidence that anyone else was involved in his death, but demonstrators shouted “No more lies!” and demanded a thorough […]

Mr Nisman was found shot dead in his apartment in Buenos Aires on Sunday.
He had been investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires in which 85 people died.
Officials said there was no evidence that anyone else was involved in his death, but demonstrators shouted “No more lies!” and demanded a thorough investigation.
Mr Nisman’s body was discovered just hours before he was due to give evidence to a congressional committee outlining his accusations against Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
He had accused the president and Foreign Minister Hector Timerman of involvement in a plot to cover up Iran’s alleged role in the 1994 attack on the seven-storey Amia community centre. The government has dismissed the allegations as ridiculous.
Investigating prosecutor Viviana Fein said that a preliminary autopsy suggested there was “no intervention” by others in Mr Nisman’s death.
Mr Nisman’s body was found by his mother and one of his bodyguards in the bathroom of his apartment in Buenos Aires.
The apartment had been locked from the inside and the key was still inside the lock.