Clock boy demands $15m over arrest from school and city

November 25, 2015 7:39 PM

Ahmed Mohammed's family are also reportedly seeking an apology from the city of Irving and its schools after the 14-year-old was apprehended by police in September this year.

Ahmed Mohammed demanding $15m from city and school

The family of the Muslim teenage boy who was arrested after the homemade clock he made and brought to school was mistaken for a bomb, are said to be demanding $15m in damages.

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Ahmed Mohammed's family are also reportedly seeking an apology from the city of Irving and its schools after the 14-year-old was apprehended by police in September this year.

NY Daily reports that, the lawyers representing the family sent separate letters to the city of Irving, located west of Dallas, and the Irving Independent School District, saying the ninth grade student was wrongfully arrested, illegally detained and questioned without his parents.

The Mohammed family is asking for $10 million from the city and $5 million from the school district or they will file civil lawsuits within 60 days, the letter is revealed to have said.

Despite several television appearances and worldwide travel, the Mohammed family says the attention ruined their lives and eventually drove them out of the country, lawyers said.

Mohammed's family said in October that they would be moving to Qatar and he had accepted an offer from the Qatar Foundation to study at its Young Innovators Program.

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Ahmed has won support ranging from President Obama and other major US figures, including Facebook Chief Executive, Mark Zuckerberg, who said "having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest."