Guantanamo prisoner captured aged 14 released

A US judge has ordered the military to release a Guantanamo Bay detainee who was arrested in Pakistan when he was 14.

Mohamed el-Gharani was one of the first people to be sent to the military prison in Cuba in 2002, where he has been held ever since.

US District Judge Richard Leon ruled today that el-Gharani, who is also known as Yousuf and is now 21, is not an enemy combatant and must be released.

His lawyer says he was accused of being a member of al-Qaida in 1998, when he would have been 11 years old.

El-Gharani, from Chad, was arrested at a mosque in Pakistan by police when he was 14. He was then turned over to US forces.