Axe-wielding Irish physicist attacks lecturer

An axe-wielding Irish physicist has been arrested at a university in Portugal after attacking a lecturer.

Axe-wielding Irish physicist attacks lecturer

Colin Paul Gloster, 34, from Dublin, struck the lecturer’s arm and hand before a student grabbed him.

A university spokesperson said the middle-aged female lecturer was targeted in the Monday afternoon attack because Mr Gloster, a former PhD student at the university, was refused a grant last year.

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