Texas schoolboy handcuffed for bringing homemade clock to school

Ahmed Mohamed was handcuffed after his school called police over the digital clock which 'looked like a bomb' to a teacher

Police and school authorities in Irving, Texas are under fire after arresting a 14-year-old boy for bringing a homemade clock into school.

Ahmed Mohamed, an engineering hobbyist, made the timepiece and brought it to school in the hope of impressing teachers and fellow students in his first few weeks at MacArthur High School. But when he showed it to an English teacher after it beeped during her lesson, she told him it looked like a bomb.