Two of the detainees — Ali Abdulla Ahmed, from Yemen (DOB Aug. 1, 1979) and Mana Shaman Allabard al Tabi of Saudi Arabia (DOB Jan. 1, 1976) — were determined to be dead at the scene. (full article)
When I first read it, I thought it was saying the detainees died by sheer will-power. Of course, that didn't make any sense, so I reread the sentence. It was obvious the second time, that the writer was saying third party came to check the check the status of the detainees and concluded that they were in fact dead. Still, if I was the author, I would have phrased it differently.
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