RIYADH, June 18: Saudi authorities have ordered post-mortems on the bodies of two nationals repatriated from the US prison in Guantanamo Bay.

The men were found dead in their cells on June 10.

The objective of the post-mortem, being carried out with the permission of the respective families, was to ascertain the causes of their death.

At the same time, the family of a Yemeni prisoner said to have committed suicide is refusing to bury him, demanding an investigation into his death.

Nahez Ghazi Al Otaibi, cousin of one of the dead, Manie bin Shaman Al Otaibi, said that “with our agreement, the authorities ordered post-mortems on the two bodies to establish the real cause of death before they are handed back to us.”

The families of both Otaibi and the other dead Saudi, Yasser Talal Al Zahrani, were able to see their bodies shortly after their repatriation by the US authorities, the cousin said. He renewed the families’ accusations that the US account that the pair hanged themselves was a cover-up.