Even cricket can get violent

While in London on a weekly assignment, we are in the midst of the Cricket World Cup. There are 16 finalists out of 97 participating countries.

The biggest highlight is the death of Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer on Sunday. At first, Jamaica police stated that he died of a heart attack. This happened after Pakistan lost to Ireland.

His wife and other sources believed that there may have been foul play. This was confirmed on Thursday when Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas said in a statement that the pathologist report found Bob Woolmer's death was due to "asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation."

Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious in his blood- and vomit-splattered hotel room in Jamaica on Sunday, a day after his team's upset loss to Ireland on St. Patrick's Day sealed Pakistan's ouster from the tournament. He was later declared dead at a hospital.

All the Pakistan cricketers were fingerprinted and interviewed.

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