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A PhD student who shot and killed a professor before killing himself claimed that the professor had stolen his code:
The student who shot and killed his engineering professor and then himself at a Los Angeles university had accused the professor of stealing his code.
In a blog post on March 10, Mainak Sarkar, 38, said Professor William Klug, 39, "is not the kind of person when you think of a professor. He is a very sick person. I urge every new student coming to UCLA to stay away from this guy." He continued: "I was this guy's PhD student. We had personal differences. He cleverly stole all my code and gave it another student. He made me really sick. Your enemy is your enemy. But your friend can do a lot more harm. Be careful about whom you trust. Stay away from this sick guy." The post has since been taken down.
On Wednesday, nearly three months after posting it, and seemingly upset at poor grades, Sarkar drove from his home in Minnesota to Los Angeles where he confronted and gunned down Professor Klug at the university's engineering complex. Sarkar then turned the gun on himself and killed himself. The Los Angeles Times quoted an unnamed UCLA source as saying the allegation that Klug stole his student's code was "absolutely untrue."
The professor's name was found on a "kill list" written by Sarkar, along with another professor who wasn't on campus at the time of the shooting and has been confirmed to be safe. Sarkar reportedly killed his estranged wife in Minnesota before traveling to UCLA. Also at Los Angeles Times , The New York Times , CNN.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 03 2016, @08:57PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad [wikipedia.org]
Apparently we need to stop throwing the term around as if it always equates to violence. There doesn't seem to be any religious overtones to this story except for him being a Muslim. There are no great truths to be unmasked, no big conspiracy, unless we are missing a LOT more information. How is anyone ignoring his kill list or previous behavior? Personally I find it quite possible that the experience of extreme amounts of prejudice could have tipped this guy over the edge into crazyland, and if that is the case then comments like yours that try and blow his religion out of proportion are partially to blame. Everyone gets it, some people are terrified or angry about 9/11 and don't want Muslims anywhere near them because they can't use the left and right sides of their brains at the same time.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 03 2016, @09:13PM
You just don't understand.
When muslims behave badly its because of their violent religion.
When someone else behaves badly, there is always an underlying cause like mental health or greed.
And when some brownie with a funny name behaves badly, he's a muslim.