Given the general regard to honesty I've seen in Middle Eastern countries, I'd be more inclined to believe the guy owed some sort of financial and/or camel debt to his "confessor." And the "official account" given by police counts for exactly dick in these countries.
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This was no time for half measures. He was a captain, godsdammit. An officer.
Things like this didn't present a problem for an officer. Officers had a tried and
tested way of solving problems like this. It was called a sergeant.
-Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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