Salvador Allende's death was officially ruled a suicide Chile's authorities have said they will launch the first inquiry into the death of socialist President Salvador Allende.
His death, during the 11 September 1973 coup that brought Gen Augusto Pinochet to power, had officially been ruled a suicide until now.
The inquiry is said to result from one of hundreds of human rights complaints made against Pinochet's military rule.
Allende was found dead in the presidential palace during the coup.
Some 726 complaints of alleged human rights violations never before examined by the judicial authorities were put before a special judge in the Chilean capital, Santiago, on Wednesday.
Thousands of activists were killed or disappeared during Pinochet's 1973-1990 rule.
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