{"id":6261,"date":"2013-12-12T11:58:15","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T11:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/12\/12\/gun-wielding-teenager-is-prisoned\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T13:41:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T13:41:55","slug":"gun-wielding-teenager-is-prisoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/12\/gun-wielding-teenager-is-prisoned\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun wielding teenager is prisoned"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>A teenager is behind bars after he was identified on Facebook<\/h3>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{\n\tpanose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{\"&#65325;&#65331; &#26126;&#26397;\";\n\tpanose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{\"&#65325;&#65331; &#26126;&#26397;\";\n\tpanose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\"Cambria\",\"serif\";\n\tmso-fareast-\"&#65325;&#65331; 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