Jamaican police have revealed they are treating the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer "as a case of murder."
Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious by staff at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on Sunday morning, the day after Pakistan's shock defeat to Ireland in the Cricket World Cup, and taken to hospital where he later died.
Police revealed on Tuesday that they were treating the former England batsman's death as "suspicious."
They initially stopped short of saying that he had been murdered but, at a press conference this evening, they revealed Woolmer's death "was due to asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation."
Deputy police commissioner Mark Shields said there could be one or more people involved but added that there was no evidence of forced entry into his hotel room.
Shields appealed for the killer or killers to give themselves up and also asked for witnesses to come forward.
The death of Woolmer, regarded as one of the best coaches in the world, has completely overshadowed the Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean which lasts for seven weeks and culminates in the final on April 28th.
Agencies