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| Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer was murdered in his hotel room on Sunday after the team's World Cup loss to Ireland, Jamaican police say. | |
| A post-mortem examination established that the former England player had died as a result of "manual strangulation", police Commissioner Lucius Thomas said. "In these circumstances, the matter of Mr Woolmer's death is now being treated as murder," he added. | |
| Police have appealed for any witnesses to come forward. | Police have appealed for any witnesses to come forward. |
| The statement was read by a police spokesman at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel - where Mr Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious by staff on Sunday morning. | The statement was read by a police spokesman at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel - where Mr Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious by staff on Sunday morning. |
| Bob was a large man - it would have taken some significant force to subdue him Mark Shieldsdeputy chief commissioner World Cup to continue | |
| Mark Shields, the deputy chief commissioner of Jamaican police, said there could be one or more people involved in the murder and urged the killer or killers to give themselves up. | Mark Shields, the deputy chief commissioner of Jamaican police, said there could be one or more people involved in the murder and urged the killer or killers to give themselves up. |
| "Bob was a large man. It would have taken some significant force to subdue him," Mr Shields said. | |
| He said there were no signs of a struggle or forced entry which would suggest Mr Woolmer knew who his killer or killers were. | |
| Everyone who was staying at the Pegasus hotel where Mr Woolmer was found on Sunday is being questioned and authorities are studying CCTV footage from the hotel. | |
| Mr Shields said that police were ruling nothing out and had "lots of lines of inquiry". | |
| 'Resolute and strong' | |
| Earlier, Jamaican police questioned members of Pakistan's cricket squad over the death. | Earlier, Jamaican police questioned members of Pakistan's cricket squad over the death. |
| The Pakistan cricket squad have been questioned by policeAfter being interviewed for about an hour and fingerprinted, the team left for the resort of Montego Bay. | |
| They are due to return to Pakistan on Saturday. They were not interviewed under caution. | They are due to return to Pakistan on Saturday. They were not interviewed under caution. |
| ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed, also present at the news conference, said that the rest of the competition would go ahead as planned. | |
| "It's a challenge to the game to be resolute and strong and finish the World Cup in good spirit," Mr Speed said. | |
| The BBC's Andy Gallacher in Kingston says Mr Woolmer's death has cast a long shadow over the cricket World Cup. |