(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121026-nicholas-mockford-1230p.photoblog600.jpg)Reuters British oil executive Nicholas Mockford is seen in an undated photo.By NBC News staff and wire reportsPolice in Belgium are investigating the murder of a British oil executive who was shot and killed in front of his wife in Brussels in mid-October.
Follow @NBCNewsWorld (http://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) Nicholas Mockford, a 59-year-old executive for ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company, was shot dead on Oct. 14 as he left a restaurant in Neder-over-Heembeek in northern Brussels. He died on the way to the hospital, police said.
In the immediate aftermath of Mockford’s murder, a judge imposed an order on police preventing them from releasing any details on the case or their investigation. But on Thursday, authorities decided to enlist the public’s help and released a brief description of the crime.
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