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Zhang Zhijiang Top Chinese nuclear scientist dies under mysterious circumstances
Beijing: A top Chinese nuclear scientist, Zhang Zhijiang, has died under mysterious circumstances on Thursday, media reports said.
He died after falling from a building.
Zhang was the vice-president of the Harbin Engineering University.
In a post on Chinese social media platform Weibo, the university in the capital of Heilongjiang, China’s northernmost province, said police had ruled out homicide as the cause of death after on-site investigations, without providing further details, reports The South China Morning Post.
“Harbin Engineering University announces with deep grief that Professor Zhang Zhijian regrettably fell off a building and died at 9:34 am on June 17, 2021,” the statement said as quoted by the newspaper.
“The university expresses deep sorrow over the passing of comrade Zhang Zhijian and deep condolences to his family," read the statement.
