Palestinian-American died of heart attack after Israeli detention, autopsy finds
A Palestinian autopsy found that Omar Abdalmajeed As'ad died from a “stress-induced sudden cardiac arrest due to external violence.”
![Palestinian relatives mourn during the funeral of Omar Abdalmajeed As'ad, 80, found dead after being detained during an Israeli raid, in the West Bank, on Jan. 13, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/2022-01/GettyImages-1237693891.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=czJYCGFC)
An elderly Palestinian-American man who died after being detained in an Israeli raid on the outskirts of Ramallah this month suffered from a stress-induced cardiac arrest likely caused by being bound and gagged by soldiers, according to the findings of a Palestinian autopsy.