Friday, November 7, 2008

Haider assassination - Widow says death 'not an accident' and Haider may have been drugged - has saved body for second post mortem

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/3248546/Haider-widow-believes-death-not-an-accident.html
Haider widow believes death 'not an accident' The widow of Joerg Haider believes the far-right Austrian politician's death in a car crash may not have been an accident and has saved his body from cremation for a second post mortem, a Vienna newspaper has reported. By David Wroe in Berlin 24 Oct 2008Today cited senior members of Mr Haider's party as claiming that his widow Claudia had doubts about the official explanation of her husband's death and wanted a further examination by a coroner, possibly in Italy.The paper suggested that Mr Haider's body was abruptly withdrawn from a planned cremation on Saturday. It said Mrs Haider feared her husband may have been drugged.Theories that the charismatic politician, 58, was assassinated have simmered in Austria since the crash on Oct 11.Party sources pointed to the fact that there were no tyre skid marks as evidence Mr Haider was unconscious when he crashed, Today said.Last week, a Volkswagen spokesman said the speed at which Haider was driving – 88mph – although nearly double the speed limit, should ''not have been a problem for the car's physics'' on the curved road.[...]
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