Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with polonium, tests show
November 7, 2013
Swiss scientists find levels of polonium 18 times higher than normal in first forensic tests on former Palestinian leader’s body.
The first forensic tests on samples taken from Yasser Arafat‘s corpse have shown unexpectedly high levels of radioactive polonium-210, suggesting the Palestinian leader could have been poisoned with the rare and lethal substance.
The Swiss scientists who tested Arafat’s remains after the exhumation of his body in November 2012 discovered levels of polonium at least 18 times higher than usual in Arafat’s ribs, pelvis and in soil that absorbed his bodily fluids.