Japanese astronomer dead - Alma Project (Chile)

Originally posted by Trueman


Not even finished to read the article, from chilean newspaper. Sorry, source is in spanish, will look for english source (maybe someone else can help).

PDI Japanese astronomer investigates death of Alma project scientist was found lying outside his building in Providence.

He died this morning at the hospital of Salvador.


SANTIAGO. - Detectives from the Metro Homicide Unit are conducting various steps to clarify the death of a Japanese astronomer at the premises of the hospital of Salvador in the Providencia district.

This is Koishiro Morita, 59, who according to early reports work at the headquarters of Santiago del Alma project.

Commissioner Rene Retamal said the victim was found last two in the morning outside the apartment building located at 151 Avenue of the aforementioned Swedish commune, which was found by custodians of the place, who called the ambulance that took him assistance to the exhibition.

Despite medical efforts, the professional died at 7:45 pm today for reasons still being investigated.

Retamal said the body of Morita presents an erosion in the head and after a scanner detected a hematoma in the brain, whose origin is being investigated as well, because of which investigates a possible involvement of third parties.

This afternoon PDI staff came to the building to get the images captured by security cameras and question caretakers who called the ambulance.

Ell to place staff also reached the Japanese Consulate in Chile to find out what happened to the professional who was two years in the country and international accreditation was awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work.

Erosion is used in medicine to refer to the eating away of the surface tissue by chemical or physical processes.

Originally posted by NeoVain
He was killed because he wanted to make public their findings about the sun...

It will enable transformational research into the physics of the cold Universe, probe the first stars and galaxies, and directly image the formation of planets. When completed, ALMA will be comprised of a giant array of fifty 12-m antennas, which can be configured to achieve baselines up to 16 km.