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09-23-2002, 11:36 AM
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A 91-year-old Israeli died after his caregiver spread a paste-like dishwashing detergent on his bread instead of hummus, police said on Monday.
The caregiver, who had worked for the old man for five years, told police he could not read the Hebrew writing on the detergent's container and served it up when the man asked for some hummus, a chickpea spread popular in the Middle East.
Police said the caregiver called an ambulance when his employer fell ill on Saturday but the man died in the hospital.
"We are checking to see whether there was criminal intent or whether it was a negligent homicide," a police spokesman said.
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The caregiver, who had worked for the old man for five years, told police he could not read the Hebrew writing on the detergent's container and served it up when the man asked for some hummus, a chickpea spread popular in the Middle East.
Police said the caregiver called an ambulance when his employer fell ill on Saturday but the man died in the hospital.
"We are checking to see whether there was criminal intent or whether it was a negligent homicide," a police spokesman said.
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