Kurdish refugee's top math medal stolen after Rio ceremony: organizers
Wednesday, 1 August, 2018 , 17:19
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 1, 2018 (AFP) — A Kurdish refugee turned Cambridge University professor who was awarded math's most prestigious prize in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday had the gold medal stolen from him just minutes later, organizers said.
Caucher Birkar, 40, was one of four winners of the Fields award, which is seen as equivalent to the Nobel prize in mathematics. Crime-ridden Rio was the first Latin American city to host the prize-giving ceremony.
