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Two Iraqi university professors were gunned down in the Kurdish regional capital Arbil
Shootings as a means of settling scores are far from rare in Iraq — its legacy of war and sectarian conflict mean the country’s 40 million people count some 7.6 million firearms, according to figures from the Small Arms Survey. Police believe the shooter did not originally intend to kill the engineering professor, but rather his wife, who is a law professor at the same university and was away from home at the time, Khosnaw said. The suspect was expelled from Soran University by the first victim’s wife and was then refused a place at Salaheddin University by the second victim, the governor said. He had been arrested several times previously after making death threats against the second victim, whose bodyguard was also maimed in the attack.
Posted by: Fred 2022-06-29 |
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