ஈராக்: தீவிரவாதிகள் சுட்டு பல்கலைக்கழக பேராசிரியர் கொலை

தீவிரவாதிகளால் ஒரு பல்கலைக்கழக பேராசிரியர் கொல்லப்பட்டார். இவரது துப்பாக்கி துளைத்த உடலை ஈராகி போலீஸார் கண்டுபிடித்தனர்.


Baghdad University Professor Found Dead
Abducted in Capital, Found with Fatal Gunshot Wounds in Kut
06/29/2007 1:12 PM ET

Kut, June 29, (VOI) - Police forces found on Friday morning the body of a university professor in al-Ezza region, southwestern Kut, a police source said.

“Police forces found a body of a university professor in al-Ezza region with gunshot wounds to the head and the neck,” the source, who declined to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

“The professor was working for the Faculty of Management and Economics in Baghdad University and his name is Samir,” he also said.

“The professor lives in al-Sidiya region in Baghdad and he came to visit his relatives in Kut, where an armed group stormed his house at 10:00 pm on Thursday and took him to an unknown place,” the source added.

“The body was sent to the forensic medicine department in the city,” he explained, noting that the police have started an investigation into the incident.

Meanwhile, eyewitness said on Friday that a roadside bomb went off near a U.S. military convoy at the northern outlet to the city of Kut.

An eyewitness told VOI that the bomb was planted at the northern outlet of Kut near the al-Zahraa public hospital, and exploded while a U.S. military convoy was passing by, destroying a Hummer.

“The U.S. force started a random shootout after the blast,” he noted, adding no further details.

Kut is the capital city of Wassit province and is located 180 km southeast of Baghdad.