http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/11/hassan-gaddi-jailed-after-attempting-to.html Unreal. I have mutual friends with this guy and always saw him out down Washington.. Spoiler
I think they're charging him for kidnapping but not sure about attempted murder. His family is supposedly loaded so I bet he gets off light.
Theres another side to the story...apparently police are investigating..lets wait and see what he gets charged with before we judge.
What the hell is this fascination with burning people in South Asia/Afghanistan?? Must stem from Zoroastrianism or something like Sati in Hindu culture (widow burns herself to death over husband's pyre).. I'm asking after reading stories like today's NY Times headline on Afghani women being burned alive: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/world/asia/08burn.html
http://apps.jims.hctx.net/sopublic/ He's charged with AGG ASSAULT-FAMILY MEMBER and AGG KIDNAPPING, each count carries a 150k bond. He made the dirty too... http://thedirty.com/2010/11/tried-to-set-his-girlfriend-on-fire-2/#comments