Officials justify the arrest of Ahmed Mohamed for bringing homemade clock into school

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Ahmed Mohamed was handcuffed and escorted out of the school in Irving, Texas, after teachers said his clock looked like a bomb
But Irving mayor Beth Van Duyne claims the 14-year-old was detained because he failed to comply with police officers' orders
She added: 'In my own conversations with the police is that he was not forthcoming with information'
Texas Municipal Patrolman's Association president Heath Wester said he believed Ahmed took the device into school as a 'publicity stunt'
There are also claims that Ahmed's family are refusing to release the police report of the incident

Published: 03:20 EST, 29 September 2015 | Updated: 10:58 EST, 29 September 2015

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The Muslim teenager arrested for bringing his home-made clock into school 'got what he asked for', local officials have said.

Beth Van Duyne, who is mayor of Irving, Texas, claimed 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed's failure to comply with officers was the reason he was detained.

'In my own conversations with the police is that he was not forthcoming with information, but I just think common sense prevails,' Mayor Duyne said according to KDFW. 'Does it make sense? And if not, why?'

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Mayor of Irving Beth Van Duyne, left, has justified the arrest of Muslim teenager Ahmed Mohamed, right, for bringing a home-made clock into school

Ahmed was arrested after a teacher became concerned over the teen's homemade clock (above)

Meanwhile Texas Municipal Patrolman's Association president Heath Wester said he believed Ahmed took the device into school as a publicity stunt.

Speaking to Rawstory, Wester said: 'I think his intent was to see how far he could get with the device and to see what kind of alarmant he could get.

'And as you can see now, he's got what he asked for. He's gotten that alarmant. He's gotten that excitement or whatever he was trying to get. He got it.'

An Image of a handcuffed Ahmed being escorted out of MacArthur High School, in Irving, went viral after teachers claimed the device 'looked-like a bomb'.

Mayor Duyne, who previously made headlines for voicing her fears that Islamic Sharia law was coming to Dallas, said Ahmed's family had not responded to the city's request to have records of the incident released.

The teenager was arrested two weeks ago after he used old circuit boards and wires to create a digital clock and brought it into MacArthur High School to show his engineering teacher.

While the teacher approved, Ahmed got into trouble after the device started beeping while in an English class, and the second teacher mistook it for a bomb.