Yalies burn flag
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Elis jailed for flag burning Three Yalies arrested Tuesday for burning an American flag at Chapel =
Street home
Charlotte Martin =
Staff Reporter
Three Yale students, including the son of a former governor of an =
Afghan province, were arrested early Tuesday morning after burning an =
American flag attached to a home on Chapel Street.
Hyder Akbar =9207, Nikolaos Angelopoulos =9210 and Farhad Anklesaria =9210 =
were arrested for charges including first-degree reckless =
endangerment, third-degree criminal mischief, second-degree arson, =
breach of peace and conspiracy to commit second-degree arson, the New =
Haven Register reports today. The two freshmen are both foreign =
citizens, and Akbar is a United States citizen, though he was born in =
Pakistan. Akbar worked as an informal translator for U.S. forces =
during the invasion of Afghanistan and later published a memoir, =
=93Come Back to Afghanistan,=94 based on his experiences there.
According to the police report, as reported in the Register, the =
students were arrested after police found the burning flag, which had =
hung off 512 Chapel St. The arresting officers had previously =
assisted the students by giving them directions back to campus from =
Chapel Street in Fair Haven and later found the students a few blocks =
away from the burning flag. The three students admitted to police =
that they lit the fire, according to the report. The New Haven Police =
Department was not available for comment Tuesday evening.
The students were set to spend Tuesday night in jail after a Superior =
Court judge refused to release the men without bail, the Register =
reports. The bail for Akbar and Angelopoulos was set at $25,000 and =
was $15,000 for Anklesaria.