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Irish lecturer's throat slit in fatal attack by expelled student outside private university in Paris

A 37-year-old man of Pakistani origin was arrested for the attack, which is being investigated for being an act of revenge

An Irishman working as an English lecturer in a private university in Paris was stabbed to death in what is being considered a possible act of revenge by one of his ex-students.

Sixty six-year-old John Dowling was murdered on Wednesday by an expelled student of Leonardo De Vinci private university located in the western La Defense business district, it has been reported.

"The victim was stabbed repeatedly after heading out of the college to go for lunch," said an investigating source. "At least one of the cuts was to his throat, and he died on the scene. A 37-year-old man was arrested at the scene and remains in custody."