Regards, Ivan
Posted on 05/05/2006 11:20:43 PM PDT by MadIvan
A PAKISTANI student suspected of planning to attack the editor of a German newspaper that reprinted caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad has killed himself in prison, authorities said yesterday.
German justice ministry spokeswoman Juliane Baer-Henney said Amer Cheema, 28, hanged himself in his cell.
However, Pakistani politicians yesterday claimed his family believed Cheema, a master's degree student of textile production who had been in Berlin visiting a friend, had been tortured to death.
Three MPs from a coalition of religious parties successfully introduced a motion in Pakistan's national assembly to discuss the student's death.
However, the deputy head of Pakistan's embassy in Berlin, Khalid Qaiser, said embassy officials had told the man's family that the cause of death was suicide, and the Berlin justice ministry said there was no indication anyone else had been involved in his death.
"There were no indications of involvement of other persons," said Ms Baer-Henney. "He used his clothing to fashion a noose and hanged himself on the grill over his window."
Cheema was arrested after trying to enter the Axel Springer publishing house building in Berlin, carrying a knife. Mr Springer is the publisher of Die Welt, which in February republished the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that first appeared in September in a Danish publication.
The cartoons sparked Muslim rallies across the world. Some of them turned violent and in Pakistan at least five people died.
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
I wonder if he didn't have a little "help".
Why can't they all do that?
We just need to convince some mullah to say that killing yourself gets you the 72 virgins. Our terrorist friends are stupid enough to buy that, I suggest.
Regards, Ivan
Buh Bye!
Cheema? That's the same surname as the Pakistani room mate of Joel Henrichs, Jr., who blew himself up outside a football stadium filled with over 80,000 people in Oklahoma, last fall. The room mate reportedly had a ticket to Algeria for the following day.
Does anyone know, is this a common surname? Thought being that there is some possible connection.
Pinging a few OU bombing folks.
Am I the only who thinks providing a rope for every inmate just makes sense? Especially those on death row, save everyone some time and money.
What was it this time, Ivan? Toad in a hole? Black Pudding or the dreaded baked beans and bacon?
Or maybe just an overdose of Benny Hill reruns?
Couldn't we just invite a Mullah "Bob" and put the guy live on the internet every night...helping these poor guys do the right way...and end their pitiful existence?
I like stories with happy endings.
All of them need to be locked in cells with a large pipe overhead, a small stool in the middle of the room, and several feet of rope sitting atop the stool. That should be standard.
Now that is what is called "grilling a muskie".
I guess when he looked out of his window he saw the light
"Does anyone know, is this a common surname? "
Likely no more common than Helga or Anna Maria was in Germany when I was stationed there several decades ago. (:>D
Did he have a cartoon dream or something forcing him to murder himself?
Hey, just so he's dead. Suicide is the sincerest form of self-criticism.
good news!
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