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International-UN-NGOs
Nuclear Expert Killed By 120ft Stairwell Fall
2009-10-25
A British nuclear expert has fallen to his death from the 17th floor of the United Nations offices in Vienna. The 47-year-old man died after falling more than 120ft to the bottom of a stairwell. He has not been named.

He worked for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, an international agency charged with uncovering illicit nuclear tests.

A UN spokesman in the Austrian capital said there were no "suspicious circumstances" surrounding the man's death. Police said no other person was believed to have been involved. No suicide note has been found.

Four months ago another UN worker also believed to be British fell from a similar height in the same building, it has been reported.

The latest incident happened on Tuesday as the United States, France, Russia and Iran held talks nearby about Tehran's nuclear programme.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Nuclear expert achieves half-life at 60 feet down. His family achieves Whole Life at 120 feet down.

Posted by: Asymmetrical Triangulation    2009-10-25 21:30  

#5  Could be worse - he could have shot himself in the back of the head - twice.

At least this way his family gets to claim accidental death insurance.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2009-10-25 11:11  

#4  If something works, stick with it....
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2009-10-25 10:30  

#3  Ahahha, no link whatsoever, but it reminds me of the infamous "frégates de Taiwan" scandal, a massive corruption case which involved the core of the french politicians, and was a perfect illustration of the general sleaziness and incomptence (though not to get backchich and bribes) of the french Enlightened Elites; lotsa others related affairs, from related arms deal to saudi arabia to the ongoing "de villepin" Clearstream silliness, all offshoots of that one...

Anyway, funniest part of this was there was quite a few incidental deaths, Sudden Suicide, Deplorable Domestic Accident,... both in Tapei and in Paris (taiwanese general, french engineer, french middleman,...)... and IIRC, four of them involved defenestrations...

As one investigator bitterly joked about in a french teevee political show a few years ago, the fact that the "signature" of the chinese/taiwanese triad involved in this convoluted web of corruption is to defenestrate its assassination targets - a way to mark their deed to all parties involved, yet remaining on the realm of "accidental death" - was just a coincidence.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2009-10-25 08:34  

#2  Probably the most pro-active the UN has ever been !

"Investigating nuclear things ?"

"yes"

"oooooh no you dont , dont want the rest of us to look bad "

push
Posted by: Galactic Coordinator    2009-10-25 05:10  

#1  What are the chances of two people falling to their deaths in the same building four months apart? Sounds like a case for OSHAIS.
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2009-10-25 03:45  

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