2 men who Photoshopped photos of young woman causing her to commit suicide arrested

CAIRO – 4 January 2022: The two men, who Photoshopped photos of a young woman turning them into seductive ones and blackmailed her online, causing her to commit suicide, were arrested Tuesday, 24 hours after the story became viral on social media.

Gharbia Security Directorate said that the culprits are named Ibrahim A. and Abdel Hamid Sh., who had fled their homes earlier on Monday.

The victim is Passant Khaled, a high-school student aged 17. Passant drank poison Friday, after her family saw the photos and video edited by the two men, who were trying to talk to her but she declined so they threatened her to avenge, posting them on social media.

Before committing suicide, Passant wrote a letter to her mother saying that the woman in the footage is not her, and that she would never behave in this way.

The victim's father said in a phone-in Monday evening that he knew the photos did not belong to his daughter as the woman's body appeared bigger than Passant's, and that he did not pick a fight with her, prompting her to commit suicide.