AFP: Thirteen die in Azerbaijan university shooting
BAKU (AFP) — A gunman shot 12 people dead on Thursday before killing himself at a university in the oil-rich Caspian state of Azerbaijan, officials said.
The massacre at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy stunned the small mainly Muslim country, which has never before seen the kind of public shooting rampages that have plagued some Western countries in recent years.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Suspect ‘shy, a bit eccentric’
Charles Hofacker recalls George M. Zinkhan III as a prolific academic writer, a poet of unique verse and a low-key personality comfortable in not attracting attention to himself.
But Hofacker cannot associate the peer he speaks to a couple of times a year with the man police say shot to death his estranged wife and two of her acquaintances near the University of Georgia campus Saturday.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Heavily armed police patrol UGA in wake of shooting
Professor sought in murders remains on loose, and his passport is missing
ATHENS — University of Georgia police patrolled the campus Monday with semiautomatic weapons as part of a stepped-up security effort in the wake of Saturday’s triple slaying at an Athens theater, chief Jimmy Williamson said.
Williamson said campus police are using two-officer foot patrols, with one of the two officers carrying an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle.
Banner-Herald: Police searching for UGA professor in shooting that killed three at theater
University of Georgia SWAT team members ride in the back of a pickup as they search for Professor George Zinkhan after he allegedly shot and killed three people at a community theater picnic on
A nationwide search is underway for a University of Georgia professor who police say shot and killed his wife and two men early this afternoon at an Athens theater gathering.
George Zinkhan, 56, is still at large, Athens-Clarke police said.
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