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India-Pakistan
Medical report says bomber 13 to 14 years old
2012-11-24
[Dawn] An anti-terrorism court on Thursday directed the local police to keep a would-be jacket wallah in safe custody after his medical examination suggested that he was around 13 to 14 years old.
They must have counted his growth rings.
An official source told Dawn that the court had also taken notice of the non-production of another suspect, Jehangir, who was also placed in durance vile
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
along with the bomber, on Nov 20, but the local police have so far not made public his arrest.

He said that the court, presided over by Ibrahim Khan, has sought explanation from the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
police chief as to why the suspect, who was shown on different television channels, has not been Medical report says bomber 13 to 14 years old produced before the court despite passage of over two days. Under the Constitution of Pakistain and Code of Criminal Procedure an arrested suspect has to be produced before the court within 24 hours of his arrest failing which he is considered to be in illegal confinement.

The would-be bomber, Bilal, a day earlier was referred to the Lady Reading Hospital by the ATC with the direction that his medical examination should be conducted so as to ascertain his age.

The suspect was again produced on Thursday amid strict security before the ATC situated on the first floor of the Old Judicial Complex. The police also presented his medical examination report according to which he is around 13 to 14 years of age.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Hmmm... glen has an interesting point. Maybe we could release him with explosives on him and he blows up in his family's house?

Yes, I am being extremely factious.
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-11-24 15:25  

#1  Can't prosecute for crime because he's a child. Can't release him because he'll try again (unless you 're-educate' him.) And if you do re-educate and release him, his family would have to kill him to restore its honor.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-11-24 08:24  

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