JERUSALEM (AFP, REUTERS) – China’s ambassador to Israel was found dead in his home in a Tel Aviv suburb on Sunday (May 17), Israeli police said. 

Mr Du Wei, 57, who had arrived in Israel in mid-February, was found dead in his Herzliya home, spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP, adding that police were investigating. Mr Du’s wife and son were not with him in Israel. 

“As part of the regular procedure, police units are at the scene,” a police spokesman told Reuters. 

Mr Du had previously served as ambassador to Ukraine, according to his biography on the embassy’s website. 

The Haaretz daily said initial reports stated that staff had found Mr Du dead in his bed and that there were no signs of violence. It quoted a first aid service as saying the cause of death appeared to be a cardiac incident. 

Israel’s Channel 12 TV, quoting unidentified emergency medical officials, said initial indications were that Du died in his sleep of natural causes. 

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