Thugs, beware! Osama is on patrol
Published: 31 January, 2008, 05:35
In Colombia, a man who is the spitting image of Osama bin Laden has taken to patrolling the most dangerous neighbourhoods of the capital, Bogota, to prevent crime.
He walks around with a dog and a stick and believes his presence on the streets could help cut prostitution and drug-dealing.
Called Fernando Aguirre, he knows nothing about his father who left the family when he was eight months old, so he often jokes that the world's most wanted terrorist could even be his father.
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