Amir Cheema
Amir Abdul Rehman Cheema (Urdu: عامر چیمہ; 4 Dec 1977 – 3 May 2006) was a Pakistani Islamist and textile engineering student in Germany who entered the offices of the German daily newspaper Die Welt on 20 March 2006 with a large knife and attempted to murder Roger Köppel. Cheema was later arrested by building security guards.[1][2][3] On 3 May, while awaiting trial and in German police custody, he was found dead in his cell.[4]
Pakistanis questioned the German's official version of the story.[5] While rumors spread after his death that he was tortured in the German prison, the German authorities produced a suicide note for Pakistan's foreign office.[6] In the course of the investigation, the German judicial system concluded his death was a suicide.[7] He tried to kill that editor because he published the cartoon of Mohammed.
References
- ^ "Pakistani found dead in German jail". Al Jazeera English. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ Gebauer, Matthias; Musharbash, Yassin (5 May 2006). "Karikaturenstreit: Selbstmord nach versuchtem Angriff auf Chefredakteur der "Welt"". Spiegel.de. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ "BBCUrdu.com". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ "Leading News Resource of Pakistan". Daily Times. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ "Reservations over Cheema death report". Dawn.com. 20 May 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ "Berlin gives Amir's suicide note to FO". Dawn.com. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ "Man suspected of cartoons revenge plot kills himself". Scotsman.com. 6 May 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
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