The B.C. Coroners Service says the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski in an altercation with RCMP officers at Vancouver’s airport six years ago was a homicide.

Homicide is considered a neutral term in coroners’ reports, meaning the death was caused by the actions of another person but it does not imply any blame.

The coroner’s report says Dziekanski died of a heart attack after the taser jolts, echoing a similar conclusion made in Braidwood’s report.

“The finding of Mr. Justice Braidwood was that Mr. Dziekanski died as a result of a cardiac arrhythmia,” said coroner Patrick Cullinane.

“He also found that both the multiple deployments of the conducted energy weapon along with the physical altercation contributed to the circumstance leading to the fatal arrhythmia. I concur with the findings of Mr. Justice Braidwood,” Cullinane wrote.

His report also found no other factors in the death, including drugs.

“[The] autopsy showed no significant injuries and no natural disease process that would have likely led to sudden death,” the report said.

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