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| Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead at home | |
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| China’s Ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, has died in his apartment in a Tel Aviv suburb, Israeli police and media say. | |
| Mr Du, 57, was found dead in his bed and the cause of his death has not yet been reported. | |
| He was only appointed ambassador in February having previously served as China's envoy to Ukraine. | He was only appointed ambassador in February having previously served as China's envoy to Ukraine. |
| The ambassador was married and had a son but his family are not believed to have been in the country. He was living in the Tel Aviv suburb of Herzliya. | The ambassador was married and had a son but his family are not believed to have been in the country. He was living in the Tel Aviv suburb of Herzliya. |
| An Israeli police spokesman told Reuters news agency: "As part of the regular procedure, police units are at the scene." | |
| Israel's Channel 12 TV, quoting unnamed medical sources, said initial indications were that Mr Du had died in his sleep of natural causes. | |
| In a message published on the embassy's website just after his appointment as ambassador, Mr Du praised the relations between "the second largest economy in the world and Israel the start-up nation". | |
| On Friday, his embassy made a scathing attack on US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who had criticised China's handling of the coronavirus pandemic on a visit to Israel. | |
| In a response published in the Jerusalem Post, the embassy condemned Mr Pompeo's "absurd comments", denying that China had ever covered up the crisis. |