Ahmed Mohamed, Irving's infamous 'Clock Boy,' returning to the United States










By: FOX4News.com Staff
POSTED:JUN 27 2016 09:27AM MST
UPDATED:JUN 27 2016 11:11AM MST


IRVING, Texas - Ahmed Mohamed, the Muslim teenager who made headlines last year when he was suspended for bringing a homemade clock to school in Irving, is returning to the United States and North Texas.

A spokesman for the Mohamed family said they should arrive back home in Irving Monday afternoon.

“Ahmed and his family have missed his grandmother, his aunts, uncles, cousins and friends here in Irving and across North Texas very much,” Aldean Mohamed said.

“Ahmed and his nuclear family miss America and their whole family here in America very much.”

The 14-year-old was arrested in September after Irving MacArthur High School faculty mistakenly thought the homemade digital clock he’d taken school was a bomb.

The subsequent fallout made international headlines. Ahmed was invited to visit the White House, participated in Google’s science fair and included in Time's "Most Influential Teens of 2015" list. He and his immediately family ended up moving to Qatar, where a foundation offered to pay for his education.

The family also threatened to sue the city of Irving and the Irving school district for damages they claimed they suffered after the arrest. They demanded $15 million and an apology from the two entities, but never actually filed a lawsuit.

Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne at the time said she stood behind the actions of her police department, which did drop the hoax bomb charges after determining the teen meant no harm.

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