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| Boy dies trying to imitate Saddam's hanging |
| 2007-01-04 |
 MULTAN: A young boy who tried to copy hanging scenes from the execution video of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein died in Rahim Yar Khan, said police on Monday. Mubashar Ali (9) hanged himself, while re-enacting HusseinÂ’s hanging with his 10-year-old sisterÂ’s help, after tying a rope to a ceiling fan and his neck in his home, according to a local police official.Did a pretty good imitation, didn't he? |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 as I commented the other day on this. Why is a young child even able to watch this. Yeah, blame the TV not the uncle who allowed him to watch. Just like blaming the gun instead of the shooter. |
| Posted by: Jan 2007-01-04 22:09 |
| #3 I'll bet everything they have they have that on an endless loop and you don't have a choice whether or not to watch it. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-01-04 14:39 |
| #2 This happened here, too. Kid was watching television with an uncle and saw bits of that video. Later they found him hanged. Another uncle sez it's all the TV's fault for showing Saddam with a noose around his neck. Why do they even have to show that? If he's that indignant, he'd be better off asking the other uncle why he allowed the kids to see it. Bonus quotes from some distant psychologist who knows only what he was told when the reporter called for quotes. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2007-01-04 12:05 |
| #1 Apparently Iraqis haven't got to the point where they put a "Do not try this at home!" message on everything. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-01-04 00:36 |