An Afghan prisoner collapsed and died at the Guantanamo detention center after working out on an exercise machine, the US military said on Thursday. Awal Malim Gul, who was accused of being a Taliban commander and al Qaeda associate, died at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base on Tuesday evening, the US military's Southern Command said.
Gul, 48, had been using an elliptical trainer, a stationary exercise machine used to simulate stair-climbing or running. A legal source said he collapsed while exercising but the military said he collapsed in the shower afterward. "Other detainees in his cell block then assisted Gul to the guard station for medical attention," the military said in a news release. "The guards immediately alerted medical personnel, who upon arriving at the cell block found him unresponsive."
Gul was taken to the medical bay inside the camp where he lived and then transferred to the base hospital but could not be revived, the military said. Gul had been held without charge at Guantanamo since October 2002. He is the seventh captive to die there since the detention center opened on the US navy base in January 2002. One other died of natural causes - colon cancer - and five died of apparent suicide.
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