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 2006, 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 and three MPs from a coalition of religious parties introduced a motion in National Assembly of Pakistan to discuss the student's death.[5][6] 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.[7]

In the course of the investigation, the German judicial system concluded his death was a suicide.[5][8]

References
  1. "Pakistani found dead in German jail". Al Jazeera English website. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. Gebauer, Matthias; Musharbash, Yassin (5 May 2006). "Suicide after attempted attack on editor-in-chief of "Die Welt"". Spiegel (German magazine). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. Ijaz Mehr (5 May 2006). "Condemns death of arrested Pakistani". BBC News website. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. "Huge crowds at Pakistani funeral". BBC News website. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  5. "Man suspected of cartoons revenge plot kills himself". The Scotsman (newspaper). 6 May 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  6. "Reservations over Cheema death report". Dawn (newspaper). 20 May 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  7. "Berlin gives Amir's suicide note to FO (Foreign Office)". Dawn (newspaper). 9 May 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  8. Richard Bernstein (10 May 2006). "A death in Berlin reignites Muslim anger". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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