If Saleman Abdirahman Dirie intended to do harm with the sodium cyanide found in his Denver hotel room, he could have done a lot of it. Firefighters said Wednesday that Dirie, whose body was found Monday, had a pound of the substance in Room 408 at the Burnsley All Suite Hotel in Capitol Hill, and an expert said that if it were mixed with acid, that would be plenty enough to function as a weapon. Denver police spokesman John White said Dirie's death appears to be an isolated incident and is not related to the upcoming Democratic convention. [yeah, sure] The 29-year-old was a Canadian citizen from Ottawa who arrived there as a Somali refugee in the 1990s, The Ottawa Sun reported Wednesday. Dirie left town three weeks ago in a rental car to drive relatives to Toronto. A week or so ago, he told family members he was going on to Denver for a vacation, the paper reported. Family members did not know whether he drove or flew, but Dirie did not have a passport, which is a requirement to fly internationally from Canada to the United States.
Denver police spokesman John White said Dirie's death appears to be an isolated incident and is not related to the upcoming Democratic convention. [yeah, sure]
The 29-year-old was a Canadian citizen from Ottawa who arrived there as a Somali refugee in the 1990s, The Ottawa Sun reported Wednesday. Dirie left town three weeks ago in a rental car to drive relatives to Toronto. A week or so ago, he told family members he was going on to Denver for a vacation, the paper reported. Family members did not know whether he drove or flew, but Dirie did not have a passport, which is a requirement to fly internationally from Canada to the United States.
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