Refugee's death after release by US immigration authorities ruled homicide

The determination does not imply intent to cause harm or death or indicate criminality.

Authorities have ruled that the death of Nurul Amin Shah, a 56-year-old Rohingya refugee from Myanmar who was left by immigration agents at a restaurant in Buffalo, was a homicide.

The autopsy results for Nurul Amin Shah Alam sparked fresh calls to investigate the circumstances surrounding the visually impaired refugee’s death, which provoked outrage in Buffalo.

Medical examiners have ruled that the death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar, five days after Border Patrol left him at a Buffalo, New York, doughnut shop, was a homicide.

The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar, found on a Buffalo street in February after being left by Border Patrol agents at a doughnut shop, has been ruled a homicide.