Death
Media reports indicate he died after collapsing in the shower following a workout on an elliptical machine. An autopsy completed February 3 indicated a heart attack or a pulmonary embolism was the possible cause. His attorneys have maintained that "we have no way of knowing whether the government is telling us the truth" about Gul's death. They further wrote: "It is shame that the government will finally fly him home not in handcuffs and a hood, but in a casket. . . . Justice will now come too late for Mr. Gul."
5,000 attended the funeral February 7. They ran alongside a vehicle carrying the body. Gul's body was wrapped in white cloth, but his face and beard were visible inside the coffin, which was buried in Jalalabad, east of Kabul.
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