Egypt’s attorney General investigates female student killing in Zagazig City

CAIRO – 9 August 2022:   Egypt’s attorney General Hamada El Sawy ordered, Tuesday the Public Prosecutor to form a team to urgently investigate the killing of a student named Salma at Zagazig City in Sharqia governorate.

 The Prosecution was notified, earlier Tuesday by the police that the accused, Islam Muhamad, had deliberately committed the crime of killing a girl called “Salma”, as he stabbed her several times with a knife was in his possession near Zagazig Court, while she was entering along with one of her friends. The suspect was arrested.

Accordingly, the Public Prosecution moved to the crime scene, accompanied by the forensic doctor and the experts of the Public Administration to investigate the forensic evidence. The Public Prosecution seized the recording devices of all camera surrounding the incident location.

The Public Prosecution transferred the victim's corpse for autopsy to indicate the injuries, determine the cause of death, as well as examine the knife used in the incident, and the effects attached to it.