Yahya El Mashad

He spent about six years in the Soviet Union before returning to Egypt in 1964 to accept a professorship in nuclear engineering at Alexandria University.

[5] On 14 June 1980, El Mashad was found dead in his room at the Le Méridien hotel in Paris.

[8] Some sources state that he was found with his throat cut and multiple stab wounds, others that he had been bludgeoned to death.

[9][10][11] Weeks later, a Parisian prostitute, alleged to have a connection to Mashad's death, was killed by a hit-and-run automobile.

[13] Israel issued statements immediately after El Mashad's death, claiming that the Iraqi nuclear program had been set back, but denied involvement.