Cairo: A horrific crime shook the Egyptian streets after a student at the Faculty of Arts at Mansoura University slit the throat 21-year-old woman in front of hundreds of students and passers-by.
Nayera Ashraf, an Egyptian student, was killed by her colleague, whose name was not reported by any official source, using a knife in front of the university.
Egypt’s Public Prosecution has ordered an investigation into the incident and the interrogation of the perpetrator.
The prosecution examined the victim’s body and found injuries on her neck, chest and other areas. It also took the statements of two security personnel at the university, who confirmed that the suspect committed the crime.
The prosecution has warned against circulating footage of the crime or speculating about the assailant’s motive, saying this can “directly affect the integrity of the investigation,” compromise evidence, disturb public order, and cause harm to the victim’s family.
The prosecution’s call came after the news circulated that the perpetrator had killed his female colleague because she refused to marry him.
In turn, Mansoura University said in a statement that the incident occurred near one of its gates, and the perpetrator was arrested immediately.
بيان هام pic.twitter.com/aQhE9ja5Zq
— جامعة المنصورة & Mansoura University (@Mansoura_un) June 20, 2022
Egyptian media reported that passersby caught the offender after he committed the accident and thrashed him.
The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition, and she passed away before arriving at the hospital.
This terrible crime shocked the people of Egypt who condemned it and deplorable comments flooded into social media, citizens demanded that the Egyptian authorities impose the most severe penalties against the accused.
Social media users expressed their anger after local media reported the motives for the crime.
The pioneers of social media circulated gruesome videos of the event along with the hashtags #جامعه_المنصوره (Mansoura University) and #حق_نيرة_أشرف (Justice for Nayera Ashraf).
The journalist Muhammad Fares Tamman, presenter of the “Al-Ahly Red Line” program on Al-Ahly channel, commented in a tweet he posted on his official page on Twitter, saying “People were picturing before the girl got killed. He prevents him. We stayed like this since when did we stay like this?”
الناس كانت بتصور قبل ما البنت تتق*تل. يعني اكيد شايفين بنت في واحد بيحاول يعتدي عليها ومع ذلك محدش حاول يمنعه. بقينا كده من امتى ! . بقينا كده ازاي اصلا
— Mohamed Fares Taman (@mohamedfares07) June 20, 2022
#جامعه_المنصوره
YouTuber Khaled Gad said, “I am not able to comprehend the scene that happened, and I do not imagine its reasons or justifications, because there is no reason in the world for a person to commit a crime like this other than that he is sick. Behavior of medieval societies.”
أنا مش قادر أستوعب المنظر اللي حصل ولا أتخيل أسبابه ولا مبرراته لأن مفيش سبب في العالم يخلي شخص يرتكب جريمة زي دي غير إنه مريض وكل اللي عمال يتردد على عقلي هو أهلها واستقبالهم للخبر ورد فعلهم بقينا عايشين في مجتمعات سلوكيتها ولا سلوك مجتمعات القرون الوسطى. #جامعة_المنصوره
— Khalid Gad (@Khalidgadmusic) June 20, 2022
For his part, the Egyptian writer Sameh Askar in a tweet said, “The crime of Mansoura University today proves the danger of bullying films on generations, and reveals the importance of the state’s interest in eliminating violence against women. Every sheikh incites hatred against women on the pretext that they are dressed or that they are my companions. The man must be punished, and every artist who exemplifies bullying must be banned… Egypt needs social peace.”
جريمة #جامعه_المنصوره اليوم تثبت خطورة أفلام البلطجة على الأجيال، وتكشف أهمية اهتمام الدولة بالقضاء على العنف ضد الإناث..
— سامح عسكر (@sameh_asker) June 20, 2022
كل شيخ يحرض على كراهية النساء بدعوى لبسهن أو أنهن مطايا وجواري للرجل بجب معاقبته، وكل فنان يقدم البلطجة بصورة نموذجية يجب منعه..
مصر بحاجة لسلام اجتماعي
كل يوم في ارواح من النساء بتروح لمجرد رفضهم لشىء.. فكرة، مبدأ، علاقه، او حتى شخص
— Sarrah Abdelrahman - سارة عبد الرحمن (@sarrahsworld) June 20, 2022
امتى هانعرف نقول لا واحنا مش خايفين من عواقب الكلمة ؟
ربنا يرحمها ويصبر اهلها#جامعه_المنصوره #حق_نيرة_اشرف #نيرة_أشرف pic.twitter.com/K86MFH0KhQ
وجدت صورة البنت الجميلة اللي قتلها زميلها في جامعة المنصورة . والله علي ايامنا اللي زي دي كنا بنصلي ليها ربنا يسعدها . دلوقت الجمال بيتقتل . سامحينا يابنتي وربنا يساعد اهلك في هذه المحنة . وارجوكم ماحدش يناقشني سيبوني في حزني عليها وعلي البلاد والعباد . pic.twitter.com/bFWwxvFfGN
— Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (@ibme_guid) June 20, 2022
ارجوكو لو لقيتو اي ست بتتضرب في الشارع اتدخلو ممكن تنقذو حياتها حرفيا الولد طعنها مرتين وكان في مقاومه وامم واقفه تتفرج وبعدين دبحها ومحدش حتى قرب منهم الا و والرصيف غرقان دم !! #حق_نيرة_اشرف
— Nessma (@clementiaox) June 20, 2022
Users also demanded intervention to protect women from any violence they are subjected to.
In recent months, Egyptian society witnessed many heinous murders that sparked panic in the hearts of citizens, including the beheading of a person and wandering with the dead body in the street in Ismailia Governorate, the stabbing of a bride after three days of her marriage without the defendant’s knowledge, and holding the husband of his family members hostage after killing his wife and mother-in-law.
According to the Nambio global classification for measuring crime rates, Egypt ranks third in the Arab world and twenty-fourth globally in homicides.
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