U.S.: 3 Guantanamo inmates hung themselves

A detainee looks into the window of a cell at Camp 4 inside of the maximum security prison Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2004, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool, FILE)

June 10,2006

Yahoo News

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Three Guantanamo Bay detainees who committed suicide at the U.S. prison used nooses made of sheets and clothes to hang themselves, the commander of the detention center said Saturday.

The three detainees, who were found dead Saturday, were the first reported deaths among those held at the isolated base in Cuba — some for as long as 4 1/2 years.

"They hung themselves with fabricated nooses made out of clothes and bed sheets," Navy Rear Adm. Harry Harris told reporters in a conference call from the U.S. base in southeastern Cuba.