The security services of the Egyptian Ministry of Interior revealed today, Sunday, the circumstances of a horrific crime witnessed in the Faisal area of Giza Governorate, after finding two deceased children and a third child in a state of exhaustion who later died, in an incident that shocked local public opinion.
The ministry explained in an official statement that a report was received by the Al-Ahram police station from a number of residents, stating that the body of a child aged 13 and an 11-year-old girl in a state of severe exhaustion were found, before they later passed away, within the jurisdiction of the police station. According to the statement, the criminal investigation teams were able to identify the perpetrator, and it turned out that he was the owner of a veterinary medicine store and a resident of Giza Governorate. When confronted, he admitted to committing the crime, confessing to a previous relationship with the children's mother, who was living with her three children in an apartment he had rented for them in the same area. The accused pointed out in his confessions that he later discovered her "bad behavior," which prompted him to poison her on October 21st, by placing a toxic substance he obtained from his store inside a cup of juice he gave her. After she felt a severe state of exhaustion, he took her to a hospital, claiming that she was his wife, and recorded his data under an alias before leaving her and fleeing the place, where she later died. The statement added that the perpetrator decided, three days later, to get rid of her three children in the same way, as he took them for a walk and gave them juice containing the same toxic substance. One of the children, aged six, refused to drink the juice, so the accused threw him into a waterway in one of the canals, where his body was later recovered. As for the other two children, they were severely exhausted, so the perpetrator transported them with the help of a worker in his shop and a "tuk-tuk" driver – who later turned out to be in good faith – to the place where they were found. The Ministry of Interior confirmed that the main suspect was arrested and referred to the Public Prosecution, which took over the investigation, while security procedures continue to complete the chapters of the case and reveal all the circumstances associated with it.
