A female student was stabbed to death outside her university for allegedly refusing a marriage proposal from a fellow student. Naira Ashraf was attacked by a man as she was getting off a bus outside Mansoura University in Mansoura, central Egypt, on Monday morning. The attack took place in front of terrified spectators who tried to pull the man from Naira and in front of the security cameras. Naira was pronounced dead at the scene after several neck injuries, local media reported. The knife has shocked Egypt with images and videos of the attack circulating rapidly on the internet. After the catastrophic incident, the police have started an investigation and arrested another student at the university.
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The suspect, named Mohamed Adel by the Egpytian Independent, is thought to be a third-year student at the same school as Naira. In a statement, police said investigators spoke with 20 witnesses, including Naira’s family, who reportedly told police she had been “continuously harassed” by a man after their relationship broke down and his marriage proposal was rejected. . They apparently reported the matter and their concerns to the police two months ago. Local police are reportedly holding Adel for four days while investigating the matter. The Egyptian authorities have been repeatedly criticized by human rights organizations for their failure to protect women and girls. In its latest report on the country, Amnesty International said the Egyptian authorities were failing to “prevent and investigate widespread violence against women and girls”. Contact our news team by emailing us at [email protected] For more stories like this, check out our news page.
