Ahmed knew the officer’s sister , he was visiting her at her family’s house at Zaitoun area to say goodbye as she was going to work in UAE as a teacher. They were alone in the house. At the same time her brother came and felt that was a movement upstairs , the girl told her brother that there was a thief and so officer chased Ahmed and shot him down thinking that he were that thief.That crime took place after 24 hours of another similar crime in the Zaitoun area in Cairo. The media coverage for the incident is a bit biased and confusing at the same time , for instance here is the news from Al Masry Al Youm speaks in the first paragraph about an employee got killed then the rest of the news he is mentioned as a the thief !!??
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| Late Mohsen |
It was an honor crime or at least the girl was afraid to say the truth that this is her boyfriend who wanted to marry her.
It is not a human rights crime , it is an honor crime but for some reason the MOI thinks it is better not to say the truth and is saving again one of its officer in return of losing more creditability in the street. Most of the comments following the story are anti-police if I am say condemning the murder of Mohsen.
It will turn in to a human rights crime if that officer does not get his punishment , already he was not given his gun to protect his honor and to kill a person.
Mohsen’s friends launched a group for him on the Facebook. He has not been yet buried by the way.
May Allah bless his soul.
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Rabena yesabar ahlo.
ReplyDeleteIf he thought he was an intruder and shot him I highly doubt hell get any punishment bec the deceased would have been trespassing. Im not saying this story is the true version Im just looking at it from a legal point of view. The attitude of the MOI is typical thinking in a situation like that. In all cases, I understand that the girl was probably scared but shes so stupid for using intruder alert line.
A thief is usually shot by one bullet just to stop him... not 4 times and almost point-blank. It's a revenge!
ReplyDelete@Ensan: true I just read about the 4 bullets but also did you notice the insertion of a sword used by the victim and him attacking. Also, as it turns out the gun used belongs to another brother, also a police officer :D they claim they confuse guns on regular basis!!
ReplyDeletePoint is, probably the DA wld present it as involuntary killing and 4 bullets will be justified by the victim attacking the officer. Bas rabena kebeer