A young man was brutally murdered by his fiancée in the Juhayna Center, Sohag Governorate, south of Cairo. The victim’s desire to end the relationship became the motive for the crime. The body of the twenty-year-old man was found with multiple stab wounds lying in agricultural land near the cemetery area. The Criminal Investigation Department at the Sohag Security Directorate conducted an investigation and concluded that the young man had recently married a girl and was preparing for the wedding. The killer was caught and admitted to the crime. She claimed that she only wanted to scare him but things developed as he clashed with her. After the crime, the accused used her brother to dispose of the body in the area where it was found. The defendant and her brother were referred to the Public Prosecution Office which investigated them and ordered the seizure of the crime weapon. According to a lawyer specializing in criminal cases, Ayman Mahfouz, the girl and her brother will be subject to the same penalty, which is death, if the criminal intent is proven to deliberately kill the victim, especially since they committed together an act complementary to the crime, which is disposing of the corpse and trying to mislead the security authorities. Egypt had witnessed a similar horrific murder last June as a student named Muhammad Adel slaughtered his colleague, Naira Ashraf, in the middle of the street, because she refused to associate with him, and the court ruled that he be executed.
The Juhayna Center in Sohag Governorate, south of Cairo, witnessed a crime similar to the famous murder of student Naira Ashraf, but this time the victim was a young man who was slaughtered by his fiancée because he wanted to separate from her.
Discover the crime
• The Sohag security director received a statement from the Juhayna police station chief, that the people found, on Thursday morning, the body of a twenty-year-old man who had been slit from the neck with several stab wounds on his body, and he was lying in the middle of agricultural land near the cemetery area.
• The police notified the Public Prosecution Office, which came and examined the body and decided to transfer it to the morgue at its disposal. A security team was formed to uncover the mystery of the crime.
• The investigations of the Criminal Investigation Department at the Sohag Security Directorate concluded that the young man was from the same area, and that he had recently married a girl, and was preparing for the wedding.
Discover the killer
• An eyewitness from the village of Nazeh El Bahriya in Sohag, named Hamed Khamis, told Sky News Arabia that the victim had all his belongings with him, which made the police direct their search towards the cause of the crime, revenge, not theft.
• He added that the neighbors of the victim’s bride testified that they heard a quarrel, on Wednesday evening, between the victim and his fiancée several hours before his disappearance.
• The bride was caught, and when security interrogated her, she admitted that she had killed her fiancé following a quarrel between them, because of his desire to end the relationship once morest her will.
• The defendant claimed that she did not intend to kill and only wanted to scare him, but things developed as he clashed with her.
• After the crime occurred, the accused used her brother to dispose of the body by dumping it in the area where it was found.
• The accused and her brother were referred to the Public Prosecution Office, which investigated them and ordered the seizure of the crime weapon.
What is the expected punishment?
Lawyer specializing in criminal cases, Ayman Mahfouz, told Sky News Arabia that the participation of a girl with her brother in killing her fiancé and disposing of his body is a full-fledged murder in accordance with the provisions of Article 230 of the Egyptian Penal Code, which “punishes the perpetrator of premeditated murder.” the death penalty.”
But will the punishment of the girl and her brother be equal?
Mahfouz explained that Article 39 of the Penal Code regulated this matter, stating that “he who commits it alone or with others or who is involved in committing it is considered a perpetrator of the crime, or not, if it consists of a number of acts, and he intentionally commits one of the acts that make it up. The perpetrator of the crime is He who intentionally commits the crime or part of it.
He pointed out that Article 40 of the same law stipulates that “he is considered an accomplice to the crime, the instigator and assistant in the commission of the act constituting the crime.” Article 41 specifies that “whoever participates in a crime must impure its punishment, except for what is legally excluded by a special text.”
The lawyer concluded by saying: “From all of this, it is clear that the girl and her brother will be subjected to the same penalty, which is death, if the criminal intent is proven to deliberately kill the victim, especially since they committed together an act complementary to the crime, which is disposing of the corpse and trying to mislead the security authorities.”
And last June, Egypt witnessed a horrific murder, as a Mansoura University student named Muhammad Adel slaughtered his colleague, Naira Ashraf, in the middle of the street, because she refused to associate with him, and the court ruled that he be executed.
As the details of this tragic crime in Sohag Governorate unfold, it serves as a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of violence and the importance of conflict resolution. The fact that a young man lost his life simply for wanting to end a relationship is both heartbreaking and alarming. The swift capture of the killer and her accomplice, and their potential punishment, will hopefully serve as a deterrent to those who seek to take the law into their own hands. It is important to remember that violence is never the answer and that communication and understanding are crucial to maintaining a peaceful society. Our thoughts go out to the family and friends of the victim during this difficult time.
