An American man was found dead in an Egyptian prison cell Sunday morning, in what Egyptian officials said appeared to be a suicide. The U.S. Embassy in Cairo identified the man as James Henry Lunn, who was found hanging from a door with a shoelace and leather belt around his neck. Egyptian media sources said Lunn was a retired U.S. Army officer, which the U.S. Embassy denied. Additionally, Egyptian reports said Lunn was 66 years old, though that has not been verified. Lunn was reportedly detained in August in North Sinai for violating a dusk-to-dawn curfew, which was part of an emergency law imposed by the Egyptian interim government after the July 3 ouster of Mohamed Morsi. There has been a surge in arrests since Morsi was deposed, and Lunn is the second foreigner to die in custody in the past month.
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