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India-Pakistan
'Home-made' jacket Jobless youth attempts to blow himself up
2012-12-05
[Dawn] A jobless youth who attempted to kill himself by blowing up a 'home-made' suicide jacket was handed over to Kamalia police by some locals on Monday.

The police started the paperwork but haven't done much else against 20-year-old Shahid Imran,
Poor kid was doomed from the moment they gave him that name.
a resident of Eidgah locality under sections 325,285 and 286 of PPC.

According to the police, the accused after being frustrated by his prolonged joblessness decided to end his life and allegedly prepared a suicide jacket using gunpowder meant for manufacturing firecrackers.

However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
his suicide bid was thwarted by some passersby when he was about to ignite the kaboom fitted in the jacket near octroi post No 6. He was later handed over to police.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Should have joined the Boom Scouts and gotten familiar with boom lore.
Posted by: Shipman   2012-12-05 18:16  

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