CANBERRA: Australia has asked Israel to explain the mysterious death of an Australian-Israeli citizen and alleged Israeli spy in an Israeli prison two years ago, the foreign minister said yesterday.
Foreign Minister Bob Carr last week ordered his department to report on its handling of the case of the man dubbed Prisoner-X in the media, who died in an Israeli prison in December 2010.
Carr said yesterday that Israel had been asked to contribute to his department's investigation report. "We want to give them an opportunity to submit to us an explanation of how this tragic death came about," he said.
Australia asks Israel to explain death in prison
