Iran Assassinates MIT Nuclear Prof?

MIT nuclear researcher may have been assassinated in his home in targeted attack by Iranian operative, Israel says

A world-renowned MIT nuclear science professor who was murdered in his home may have been assassinated by an Iranian operative, Israeli officials said. 

Married father-of-three Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was gunned down in the leafy Boston suburb of Brookline on Monday.

Loureiro specialized in nuclear science, engineering and physics and he had previously spoken out in favor of Israel. 

Now, Israeli officials have said Iranian operatives may have targeted the leading nuclear fusion researcher, according to the Jerusalem Post. 

Loureiro was considered one of the world's leading researchers in energy and nuclear physics and was spearheading efforts to develop future technologies. 

Married father-of-three Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was gunned down at his home in a leafy Boston suburb.

The 'brilliant' professor was the director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, an institution with more than 250 full-time researchers. 

Loureiro took on the role last year, amid a storied career at MIT after obtaining degrees at Imperial College London and Princeton. 

His murder came two days after the shooting which killed two students at Brown University in Providence, located just 50 miles south of the professor's home. 

Loureiro's neighbor and friend, Louise Cohen, said she discovered his body after hearing shots disturb the peace of their beautiful area on Gibbs Street. 

Cohen said she was lighting a menorah candle when she heard gunshots fired. She rushed to the hallway of their building and found Loureiro lying on his back. 

Loureiro specialized in nuclear science, engineering and physics, and he had previously spoken out in favor of Israel

Loureiro's neighbor and friend, Louise Cohen, said she discovered his body after hearing gunshots disturb the peace of their beautiful area on Gibbs Street in Brookline (pictured)

Loureiro's neighbors remembered him as a kind-hearted, 'wonderful man', while students flocked to a candle-lit vigil in his memory

Loureiro's neighbors remembered him as a kind-hearted, 'wonderful man', while students flocked to the candle-lit vigil in his memory

The professor's heartbroken wife was also in the entry along with another neighbor, and they scrambled to dial 911. Loureiro was taken to hospital but died the next day. 

'I can't sleep now,' Cohen told the Boston Globe. 'This family is so amazing. I can't imagine anyone wanting to kill him... Should we be afraid now?'

Cohen uses a walking stick and she said Loureiro's family often helps her carry her groceries up the stairs to her unit, which is located directly above theirs.

Other residents remembered Loureiro as a kind-hearted, 'wonderful man', while students flocked to the candle-lit vigil in his memory.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology paid tribute to him as, 'a lauded theoretical physicist and fusion scientist'. 

Loureiro specialized in nuclear science, engineering and physics. He leaves behind 'many devoted students, friends, and colleagues', according to his MIT obituary. 

Loureiro (pictured teaching a class) was considered one of the world's leading researchers in energy and nuclear physics, and he was spearheading efforts to develop future technologies

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology paid tribute to Loureiro as 'a lauded theoretical physicist and fusion scientist' who became the director of the college's Plasma Science and Fusion Center in 2024, an institution with more than 250 full-time researchers

His academic career started at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, Portugal, where he gained a physics degree. 

Loureiro obtained a doctorate in physics from Imperial College London in 2005, before starting post-doctoral work at Princeton later that year.

He also worked at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s Culham Centre for Fusion Energy between 2007 and 2009.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15393799/mit-professor-nuno-loureiro-murder-iran-israel-nuclear.html

Israel examining possibility Iran involved in murder of nuclear scientist in US

Israeli officials are examining intelligence from recent days that suggests an Iranian connection to the murder of Prof. Nuno Loureiro, a senior nuclear scientist at MIT, who was shot dead in his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on Monday evening. 

The Israeli investigation is being conducted against the backdrop of Loureiro's sensitive field of research. He was considered one of the world's leading researchers in energy and nuclear physics and has served in key roles at research centers related to the development of future technologies.

Loureiro's death shocked the international academic community. MIT's administration issued a statement of condolence, noting his extraordinary scientific contributions and his status as a "brilliant researcher and dedicated teacher." 

Colleagues and students described a man who was at the forefront of global research and worked to advance advanced energy solutions.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-880573

Brown shooting suspect's car spotted near MIT professor's home in bombshell link between school slayings as manhunt intensifies

The  gunman who opened fire at Brown University over the weekend rented a vehicle that was later found near the scene of a murdered MIT professor.

The rented vehicle is the same make and model as a car identified in connection with the shooting death of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Nuno Loureiro.

Cops now have a warrant out for a suspect's arrest as they search for him in Salem, New Hampshire - 85 miles away from Brown University, where two students were killed last week.

Authorities have now identified the gunman, whose face they have been attempting to find with the help of grainy surveillance footage. 

A name for the person of interest has not yet been released to the public, and no one is in custody. 

The Brown University shooting which killed two students and the assassination of an MIT professor two days later are connected. (Pictured: Victim Ella Cook)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15397557/Brown-university-shooting-manhunt-suspect-new-hampshire.html

Claudio Neves-Valente, 48, who attended Brown University from 2000 to 2001, has been unmasked as the gunman who opened fire at the school on December 13

Armed police officers gathered outside of a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire on Thursday, where a vehicle that was rented to Neves Valente was found abandoned

There was a heavy police presence outside of the storage facility

Authorities identified the suspected Brown gunman as Claudio Neves-Valente, 48