6 people jailed pending probes for beating man with disability

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Thu, 22 Aug 2019 - 03:35 GMT

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Thu, 22 Aug 2019 - 03:35 GMT

The six accused people- Press photo

The six accused people- Press photo

CAIRO – 22 August 2019: Security authorities detained six people pending investigations over attacking and beating a young man with disability inside a barbershop in Sharqia governorate, according to a statement from the Ministry of Interior on Aug. 22.

Two days ago, the defendants were arrested after a video went viral on social media showing them beating a man with mental disability inside the barbershop at Kafr Ibrash village in Sharqia.

They confessed their crime and the shop’s owner accused the man with disability of stealing speakers from a Tuk-tuk.
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