Ahmed Mohamed just want to get praise from his teacher to assemble a digital clock. But the school thought he assembles a fake bomb. (Doc. Reuters)
However, instead of praise received Muslim adolescents aged 14 years, but the handcuffs that bind her hands after school officials called the police because he thought Ahmed brought a bomb to school.
"I assemble a clock that teachers impressed me. But when I showed her, she thought it was a threat to him," Ahmed said in a press conference on its home page on Wednesday (16/9), reported CNN.
"I am very sad because he was mistaken," said Ahmed continued.
Ahmed opened the press conference with a greeting as he introduced himself as "a man who got into trouble due to assemble clock," according to a report in The New York Times.
On that occasion, Ahmed wearing T-shirts bearing the NASA, the shirt he wore when arrested by the police. Photos Ahmed, a skinny teenager with glasses and shirt NASA, who looked annoyed and confused as handcuffed, he became viral on social media.
"They arrested me and accused me assemble a fake bomb," said Ahmed.
Ahmed aspires to continue their education to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), renowned engineering schools in the US. For this incident, Ahmed closed by the school for a while. But Ahmed stated that he wanted to change schools.
The story of Ahmed also reap the reaction of netizens with hashtag #IStandWithAhmed. US President Barak Obama also praised assemblies clock Ahmed.
"Good clock Ahmed. Do you want to take him to the White House? We must inspire the youth to be more like science. This is what makes America a great country," Obama tweet on his official Twitter account, @POTUS.
Not only Obama, the story of Ahmed became the talk among technology boss. "Ahmed, if you want to come to Facebook, I would be very happy to meet you. Keep working, "wrote the official account Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook.
The New York Times reported that White House staff then invited Ahmed to the White House to attend Astronomy Night on 19 October, an event that will be attended by renowned scientists, engineers, astronauts, teachers and students who are interested in science.
In a press conference, Ahmed stated that he had received an invitation to the White House and Obama will attend.
"I am very touched. I want to use this spotlight to help every child around the world who experience the same thing," said Ahmed, responding to public attention to this incident.
Texas regulations stipulate that citizens who violate the law related to the fake bomb assembly are those "who produce, sell, buy, transport or having a hoax bomb with the intention of causing panic.
Mohamed Ahmed digital clock assemblies are mistaken bombing by the school. (Reuters/Irving Texas Police Department/Handout)
Mohamed claimed to know of this incident when he received a call from the police saying his son suspected of carrying a homemade bomb.
"I want to be able to talk to him, but the police did not allow me because they were interrogating," said Mohamed.
Police Chief Larry Boyd stated Ahmed homemade digital clock should describe to the officer. However, Boyd established that the teen did not intend to harm anyone.
Hours homemade Ahmed, called Boyd "homemade experimental results" are not dangerous, but still confiscated by the police.
However, Ahmed admitted relieved that no charges were assigned to him, even though police did not apologize for having arrested him.
Ahmed also briefly mentioned that he was questioned by police without a lawyer.
(CNN)
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