- Amir Abdur Rehman Cheema
Amir Abdur Rehman Cheema (
Urdu : عامر عبد الرحمن چیمہ) was a 28-year-oldPakistan itextile engineering student who entered the offices of the German dailyDie Welt onMarch 20 2006 with a large knife and attempted to murder Roger Koppel, he was later arrested by building security guards. [ [http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,414669,00.html Karikaturenstreit: Selbstmord nach versuchtem Angriff auf Chefredakteur der "Welt" - Politik - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten ] ] He admitted his intent was to killRoger Köppel , an editor at the paper, for reprinting the Jyllands-Posten cartoons ofMuhammad . OnMay 3 , while awaiting trial and in Germanpolice custody , he committedsuicide in hisjail cell .Fact|date=March 2008German authorities and the deputy head of Pakistan's
embassy inBerlin said that he committed suicide by hanging himself with anoose made from hisgarments . Nonetheless, a motion was introduced in Pakistan's national assembly by a member of theJamaat-e-Islami party to discuss the circumstances of Cheema's death. The post-mortem examination, carried out in the presence of two Pakistani officials, found no signs of torture. [http://www.n24.de/politik/inland/index.php/n2006051018433100002]Cheema's body was repatriated to the town of
Saroki , in Punjab, on13 May . About 30,000 people attended his funeral. Many of those in the crowd were Islamic party activists and religious fundamentalists, according to reports. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4768615.stm "30000 people attended'] ]ee also
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List of Pakistanis References
* [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3BCF156B-3FF2-4D02-90C3-31A4A78F6B93.htm Pakistani found dead in German jail - Aljazeera news]
*http://www.dawn.com/2006/05/06/top5.htm
* [http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=680642006 Man suspected of cartoons revenge plot kills himself - Scotsman newspaper]
*http://www.pasban.org/pasban-amircheema.html
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/regional/story/2006/05/060505_germany_cartoon_uk.shtml BBC story, in Urdu]
*http://www.ummat.com.pk/leads_news/lead13.htm Urdu language article fromDaily Ummat
*http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4768615.stm
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