A Barcelona court has authorised an autopsy on former Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos, who died in the city on Friday after his family alleged a conspiracy to kill him.
His daughter, Tchize dos Santos, had requested the autopsy.
Political enemies did not want him to back the opposition in next month’s Angolan elections, she said.
Dos Santos, 79, was in Spain for medical treatment and died after a cardiac arrest.
After 38 years in power, he stepped down in 2017 and was succeeded by João Lourenço, who is from the same MPLA party.
He has pursued a vigorous anti-corruption campaign, which has included some of Dos Santos’ children.
Lawyers for the Dos Santos family have denounced moves by the Angolan government to return the body there for a state funeral, against the ex-president’s expressed wish to be buried privately in Spain. END.