BUFFALO, N.Y. — The death of a blind refugee in Buffalo has been ruled as a homicide by the Erie County Medical Examiner’s Office.
News10NBC’s Buffalo affiliate reports that the medical examiner’s office ruled Nurul Amin Shah Alam’s cause of death was due to “complications of a perforated duodenal ulcer precipitated by hypothermia and dehydration, and the manner of death was homicide.”
The medical examiner’s office says the cause of death is the disease or injury that sets off the chain of events leading to death, while the manner of death explains the circumstances around it. A homicide means death caused by another person’s actions, not necessarily intent or a crime…