Salahaddin University-Erbil shooting

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2022 Salahaddin University shooting
DateJune 28, 2022 (2022-06-28)
Venue Salahaddin University
Location Erbil, Iraq
Coordinates 36°08′37″N44°01′40″E / 36.1435°N 44.0279°E / 36.1435; 44.0279
TypeShooting, Murder
TargetUniversity professors
PerpetratorFormer student of Soran University
Deaths2
Arrests1 (suspect arrested)

On the morning of June 28, 2022, two university professors in Salahaddin University-Erbil were killed in an armed attack by a former student. [1] In two separate shooting incidents, the suspect killed the dean of Salahadin College of Law, Karwan Ismail, and Engineering College teacher Irdis Ezzat. [2] Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw later said that Ismail died of his injuries in the hospital. [3] Idris Izzat was alone in his house when the killer intruded to his home and killed him. [4] The killer was a former student of Soran University. The person had been dismissed earlier. [5]

References

  1. ↑ the National News, Two university professors killed in shooting in Iraq’s Erbil .
  2. ↑ NRT TV, Suspect arrested after killing two Salahdldin-Erbil University teachers.
  3. ↑ NRT TV,Suspect at large as two Salahaldin University teachers killed.
  4. ↑ Rudaw TV,Student arrested for fatally shooting faculty dean, lecturer in Erbil.
  5. ↑ Wionews,In shooting, former student kills two university professors in Iraqi province of Erbil.
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