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Ex-student held after two Iraq professors killed

By AFP
June 29, 2022

ARBIL, Iraq: Two Iraqi university professors were gunned down in the Kurdish regional capital Arbil on Tuesday prompting the arrest of a disgruntled former student, authorities said. Shootings as a means of settling scores are far from rare in Iraq -- its legacy of war and sectarian conflict mean the country’s 40 million people count some 7.6 million firearms, according to figures from the Small Arms Survey.