Argentina president 'convinced' prosecutor's death was not suicide

Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez says she’s “convinced” prosecutor Alberto Nisman did not die by suicide.

Argentinean president Cristina Fernandez says she’s “convinced” prosecutor Alberto Nisman did not die by suicide.

In a letter published today by state news agency Telam, Ms Fernandez says all the questions about Mr Nisman’s death “have been converted into certainty. The suicide (I’m convinced) was not a suicide.”

Ms Fernandez’s letter contrasts with the one she wrote on Monday saying she believed Mr Nisman took his life.

The 51-year-old Mr Nisman was found slumped in the bathroom of his apartment pm Sunday night with a bullet wound in his head.

Four days beforehand, Mr Nisman gave a judge a 289-page report alleging Ms Fernandez secretly reached a deal to prevent prosecution of former Iranian officials accused of involvement in the 1994 car bombing of Argentina’s largest Jewish centre.

Ms Fernandez dismissed those accusations in today’s letter.