Gunmen kill nuclear scientist
Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi nuclear scientist today, witnesses said.
Taleb Ibrahim al-Daher was on his way to work at Diyala University when armed men opened fire on his car as it was crossing a bridge in Baqouba, 35 miles north-east of Baghdad.
The vehicle swerved off the bridge and fell into the Khrisan river, witnesses said.
Al-Daher, who was a professor at the local university, was removed from the submerged car and rushed to Baqouba hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
