Suicide, accident, or foul play?
In a dramatic turn of events, South Africa’s ambassador to France was found dead today (30) at the foot of the Hyatt Regency hotel, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.
Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa, 58, was reported missing by his wifehttps://t.co/SDmvpMVhRR
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CBS News reported:
“South Africa’s government, in a statement sent to CBS News, confirmed that Ambassador Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa had died, noting with ‘deep sorrow and profound regret the untimely passing’ of the diplomat.
‘The circumstances of his death are under investigation by the French authorities’, the South African foreign ministry said in the statement.”
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South Africa’s Ambassador to France, Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa, was found dead in Paris shortly after being reported missing, confirmed the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.Read more by clicking here⤵️https://t.co/EIMzKOmanK pic.twitter.com/ZFTcbVuvvW
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“Mthethwa was reported missing by his wife on Monday evening, according to Reuters, which said she had received a worrying text message from him before calling police.
Reuters cited the prosecutor’s office as saying Mthethwa was staying in a 22nd-story room, in which a secured window had been found forced open.”
French investigators at this point suspect Mthethwa killed himself.
Two weeks ago, a provincial police commissioner in South Africa’s Kwa-Zulu Natal province alleged that Mthethwa interfered – when Police Minister – in a probe into a head of criminal intelligence on the behalf of the investigated.
Cyril Ramaphosa, South African president:
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