In Iraq, a former university student shot dead two professors and police arrested the suspect.
According to a report by a foreign news agency, a university student opened fire on the dean of the Faculty of Law in front of the campus. He was shot in the head and chest. He was being taken to hospital but succumbed to his injuries.
Later, an Iraqi student broke into the home of a professor of the Faculty of Engineering in a neighborhood of Erbil and opened fire, killing the professor.
According to media reports, “the student was angry at being expelled from one university and his application for transfer to another university was rejected.”
“The student first opened fire on the dean of the Faculty of Law, Kawan Ismail, at Salahuddin University and then broke into the house of Idris Ezzat, a professor of mechanics at the Salahuddin University’s Faculty of Engineering,” said Erbil Governor Omid Khushnau.
Police say the young man is a habitual offender and has been involved in several incidents.
“Professor Radras’s wife is also a professor at the university and she teaches at Soran University in northern Erbil. Professor Radras’s wife had lodged a report against the young man for threatening and had approached the court,” said Najat Ahmed, dean of the Faculty of Engineering. ۔
Police suspect the former student intended to kill Professor Idris’ wife, who was not at home at the time.