Two UN Employees Killed in Falls from Same Building Over Four Week Period

October 22nd, 2009

Update: British Nuclear Expert’s 17th Floor UN Death Plunge ‘Was Not Suicide’

—End Update—

According to Austrian Times, the dead man’s name is Timothy Hampton.

Via: Telegraph:

The 47-year-old man, who has not been named, died after falling more than 120ft to the bottom of a stairwell.

He worked for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, an international agency charged with uncovering illicit nuclear tests.

A UN spokesman in the Austrian capital said there were no “suspicious circumstances” surrounding the man’s death, while a police spokesman said that no other person was believed to have been involved.

No suicide note has been found.

The incident happened on Tuesday as the United States, France, Russia and Iran held talks close by aimed at cooling tensions over Tehran’s nuclear programme.

Investigators refused to reveal any further background information on the official but confirmed an autopsy will be held.

Four months ago another UN worker also believed to be British fell a similar distance at the same building, according to other staff working there.

One Response to “Two UN Employees Killed in Falls from Same Building Over Four Week Period”

  1. mondocratic says:

    There was also a 3rd death at the same building also by a fall. It happened in 2008 though. So 3 deaths all by falling at the same UN building in Austria?

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