Pakistani Baby Charged with Attempted Murder, Goes into Hiding.

[DeviantProtagonist]

Relatives of a nine-month-old baby charged with attempted murder in Pakistan have taken him into hiding, a relative said on Tuesday, in a case that has thrown a spotlight on Pakistan's dysfunctional criminal justice system.

Mohammad Musa Khan appeared in court in the city of Lahore last week, charged with attempted murder along with his father and grandfather after a mob protesting against gas cuts and price increases stoned police and gas company workers trying to collect overdue bills.

"Police are vindictive. Now they are trying to settle the issue on personal grounds, that's why I sent my grandson to Faisalabad for protection," the baby's grandfather, Muhammad Yasin, told Reuters, referring to a central Pakistani city.

The baby is on bail and due to appear at the next hearing on April 12 but Yasin said he was not sure if he would take him to court for the case.

"There is immense pressure on me from various corners," he said.

At his first appearance in court last week, Musa cried while his fingerprints were taken by a court official. Later, the baby sucked on a bottle of milk and tried to grab journalists' microphones as his grandfather spoke to the media.

"He does not even know how to pick up his milk bottle properly, how can he stone the police?" Yasin asked journalists at the court last Thursday.

The baby was apparently charged because an assistant sub-inspector complained in a crime report that Musa's whole family had beaten him up and injured his head.

www.nbcnews.com/news/world/baby-charged-attempted-murder-goes-hiding-pakistan-n74526

No one is sacred anymore, apparently.

[Amazing_Grace]

...they're charging a NINE-MONTH-OLD BABY with attempted MURDER?!

Dude, my baby cousin just turned one and he can't even pick stuff up yet.
I'm torn between laughing and facepalming.

[DeviantProtagonist]

Good on them, I say! It's about time people stood up to this repulsive sector of society... they've got away with too much for too long, all because they're "not even a year old yet," or "can't even hold a bottle right." Puh-lease. :3

But in all seriousness, though, I'll join the world in unison and laugh at them for their stupidity.

[Amazing_Grace]

...maybe babies are secretly trying to take over the world?
And no one suspects a thing because they're just babies...
...whoa.

But yeah, people are ridiculous. I told my parents about this and they laughed. It was a fun time.

[Daverost]

I always knew those little poop machines were trouble.

[MetalPredat0r]

This whole thing may seem ridiculous and nonsensical, but keep in kind that Maggie Simpson shot Mr. Burns, so this is totally in the realm of logic. I for one welcome our new infant overlords.

[Virgofall]

The baby was apparently charged because an assistant sub-inspector complained in a crime report that Musa's whole family had beaten him up and injured his head.

Apparently the whole family includes infants in this instance... someone had to get stupidly nitpicky here for such a situation to be possible.

As for the above post, what happens to infant overlords when they grow up? Do they become child overlords (and grow up with the position), or do they have to pass their ruling rattles and bonnets down to the next newborn overlord?

[MetalPredat0r]

Apparently the whole family includes infants in this instance... someone had to get stupidly nitpicky here for such a situation to be possible.

As for the above post, what happens to infant overlords when they grow up? Do they become child overlords (and grow up with the position), or do they have to pass their ruling rattles and bonnets down to the next newborn overlord?

Whoa, who said anything about growing up? Perhaps our inafnt overlords have obtained the secrets to eternal youth!