Liputan6.com: Yasser Arafat's tomb is located at the entrance of the president's office in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestinians began to be dismantled. Then, the body of former Palestinian leader would be appointed, to prove whether he died naturally or were victims of homicide.
"As of Monday morning, the tomb of Arafat closed in preparation for an investigation into the death," said Tawfiq Tirawi, head of the investigation committee for the death of Arafat's Palestine, as published by the BBC, Tuesday, November 13, 2012.
Excavations, which began by dismantling the concrete and ceramics around the tomb, is expected to last for 15 days.
Arafat breathed his last on 11 November 2004 at the Percy Military Hospital, France, at the age of 75 years. What exactly the disease that he suffered an unknown, mysterious. However, no one disputed by the Institut de Radiophysique in Lausanne, Switzerland, at the request of Al Jazeera, discover, personal objects commonly used to contain the radioactive element polonium deceased. In clothing, a toothbrush, also kafiyeh - a black and white motif fabric attached at the head of Arafat's loyal. He was allegedly poisoned.
Polonium is a toxic material, often used to power spacecraft. Radioactive element was discovered by Marie Curie in 1898.
The most well-known figure died this substance is a former Russian spy who defected, Alexander Litvinenko. He died in 2006 after a sudden illness. The investigation later found he died of polonium poisoning because that is mixed in the tea at a restaurant.
France, Switzerland, and Russia helped
Mystery death of Arafat is now also the subject of an investigation the Prosecutor France since August. The French team will also be in Ramallah on 26 November to participate in the dig graves in the examination which is expected to take several weeks to a month.
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Sunday that Russia will help the investigation, but did not specify what kind of assistance. "We are constantly in contact with the French investigators, experts in Switzerland and also the Russian government to dig the grave of Yasser Arafat," said Abbas.