Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and assistant coach Mushtaq Ahmed were on Saturday questioned by Jamaican police investigating the murder of coach Bob Woolmer and were later cleared to return home.

Inzamam told reporters that police in Montego Bay had wanted to clear up one point with him in the inquiry, just hours before the party was due to fly.

"It was nothing special but I think it was something he [unnamed police officer] missed," he said shortly before he was scheduled to begin the long journey back to Pakistan following a traumatic seven days.

"He told me 'please go home, there is nothing else'."

The murder of Woolmer, 58, by strangling last Sunday has rocked the World Cup and completely overshadowed the action.

He was discovered unconscious in his Kingston hotel room and pronounced dead later that day in hospital. Police confirmed they were treating the death as murder on Thursday.

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At a Saturday afternoon news conference in Kingston, Jamaica deputy police commissioner Mark Shields confirmed the Pakistan party were free to leave Jamaica.

Pressed on why he would not keep them there for longer, he said: "There is insufficient information to form a suspicion."

He added: "There is nothing to suggest that any of them are a suspect at this stage."

Shields said the answers police got from the three questioned on Saturday are satisfactory but would not elaborate on the questions or answers. "They clarified a number of points in their statements."

Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, first secretary at the Pakistan embassy in Washington who flew to Kingston on Saturday to consult with Shields, was asked whether Pakistan would cooperate if players were asked to return to Jamaica at a later stage.

He said the issue was discussed with Shields, the officer in charge of the murder investigation. "I think it would be a bit premature to talk about that," he said.

Deputy police commissioner Mark Shields reiterated on Saturday that the killer is probably known to Woolmer.

"It would appear based on where he was murdered it was people close to him," he told a news conference in Kingston.

"It's fair to acknowledge because it was in his hotel room that it may be an associate but equally an open mind is always the best thing to have."

Jamaican police were not immediately available for comment over the latest questioning of Inzamam and Mushtaq.

The seven-week World Cup culminates in the Barbados final on April 28.