Al-Marsad newspaper: The Public Prosecution interrogated the accused of stabbing the priest Arsanios Wadid Rizk, the priest of the Virgin Mary Church in the Muharram Bek area in Alexandria, Egypt, in front of the Abu Heif beach gate.
Confessions of the accused
During his confrontation with the accusation of committing the incident, he admitted that he had traveled to Alexandria a few days ago in search of work following moving from one governorate to another, and he stayed overnight in the public roads until he found a knife in a garbage complex, so he kept it in his own defense, then claimed that it was on the day of the incident and following he saw the victim In front of him, he did not realize what he had done before him, until those present arrested him.
The accused also revealed the circumstances of his life, as a former claimed that he suffered from mental disorders regarding ten years ago, following which he entered a mental health hospital to receive treatment, and that he sometimes loses control of his actions, according to Cairo 24.
Surveillance Cameras
The Egyptian investigation authorities found 3 surveillance cameras installed on three gates of the beach in which the horrific incident occurred, which showed the appearance of the victim moments before the accident, following the exit of his escorts from one of those gates, then the accused appeared carrying a plastic bag passing from among those present heading to the victim , while the surprise was that the three cameras did not record the moments of the accused’s committing the crime and only showed a state of panic, jogging and fleeing from the place.
It is noteworthy that the Public Prosecution ordered the detention of the accused of killing Reverend Arsanios Wadid Rizk, priest of the Church of the Virgin Mary in Muharram Bey, for four days, pending investigations, and the implementation of the competent court’s decision to place him under medical observation in a public hospital specialized in the treatment of mental and neurological diseases to clarify the truth of what he claimed during his interrogation. He had previously suffered from mental illnesses that made him lose control over his actions, following I questioned him.