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
  1. "Pakistani found dead in German jail". Al Jazeera English. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. Gebauer, Matthias; Musharbash, Yassin (5 May 2006). "Karikaturenstreit: Selbstmord nach versuchtem Angriff auf Chefredakteur der "Welt"". Spiegel.de. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  3. "BBCUrdu.com". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  4. "Leading News Resource of Pakistan". Daily Times. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  5. "Reservations over Cheema death report". Dawn.com. 20 May 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  6. "Berlin gives Amir's suicide note to FO". Dawn.com. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  7. "Man suspected of cartoons revenge plot kills himself". Scotsman.com. 6 May 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
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