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Surveillance video footage showed a minibus escaping from the scene of a girl’s murder in the Maadi suburb of the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
On Thursday, the Egyptian prosecution disclosed the circumstances of the murder of the girl, Maryam, sparking widespread anger in the country.
According to a statement from the Egyptian Public Ministry, preliminary inquiries into the death of the 24-year-old girl, Maryam, in the Maadi neighborhood, indicated that she “was with the intention of theft and not of harassment.”
The statement said, “a passenger car (minibus) with two passengers, whose escort driver snatched the victim’s purse from his back, causing his head to collide with a parked car and then his death.”
The statement added that the prosecution “was able to obtain five video clips from the surveillance machines that led to the scene of the accident, which showed that the car in which the two suspects were traveling was passing very quickly.”
The statement indicated that, “when observing the body of the victim, it was found that she was injured in separate parts of her body, as revealed by an inspection of the accident site, traces of blood stained with sand in the vicinity of one of the cars “.
The statement quoted eyewitnesses as saying that Maryam was parked with another girl “from the car in which the (Prosecutor’s Office) found bloody traces near her. During her stop, a white minibus approached a white minibus , with the data on his rear metal plate blurred. The driver accompanied the victim’s bag, which he was carrying on his back, and clung to it during the movement of the car, which disturbed the victim’s balance, so his The head hit the front of the car that was parked next to her, and the two perpetrators fled with the bag, while the girl accompanying the victim scared away during the accident.
The security authorities announced the arrest of the driver and his escort, who “dragged and killed” the girl, and who is under investigation.
Maryam’s murder sparked widespread anger in Egypt and social media users mourned her, especially after media outlets said her death came after she defended herself from harassment.
The Egyptian actress, Rania Youssef, wrote in a series of tweets: “May God have mercy on you, Maria. You are safe in a much better place”, highlighting that the “harassment to which the girl was subjected is worth the death penalty for the perpetrators “.
May God have mercy on you, Maria, you are definitely in a much better place
We belong to Allah and to Him we will return#Girls#Right_MaryVine pic.twitter.com/9zUX7Co9jy– Raniah Yousief (@RaniahYousief) October 14, 2020
May we call upon Mary and her family a lot, may God cool their fire and unite their hearts and help them through the shock of separation and forget the ugliness of the scene. Our Lord is kind to them and avenges the criminals … A difficult test.
– Margins, (@chezsafi) October 14, 2020
This world is not safe
absolutely #Photo of the day pic.twitter.com/ugcPmboi0h– nicotine () eshttaa) October 15, 2020
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