Iraqi professor gunned down (yet another assassination)

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Iraqi professor gunned down
From correspondents in Baghdad
June 13, 2004

AN Iraqi geography professor, Sabri al-Bayati, was shot dead today moments after leaving a Baghdad university campus, said a witness and a medical official.

"It was 12.15pm (6.15pm AEST). I heard three shots and I saw a man collapse on the street," said Sabah Shukur, whose shop stands directly across from Baghdad University's College of Literature in the western district of Bab al-Muawdam.

The killing followed the assassinations in Baghdad of two senior Iraqi officials in 24 hours.

Kamal Jarrah, director of cultural relations at Iraq's education ministry, was gunned down in front of his home today, a day after deputy foreign minister Bassam Kubba was shot dead as he left for work.

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