According to ABC News and various Egyptian local news outlet, culprits behind the killing of 13-year-old Youssef El Arabi have turned themselves in and are under arrest. ‘Celebratory’ machine gun rounds were fired during an engagement two years ago. Young Youssef was struck in the head by a stray bullet, falling into a coma before passing away 12 days later. The incident occurred in Midan El Hasri, in the 6th October district which is at the outskirts of Cairo. Four men were implicated in the incident. While two were caught straight away, the remaining two Khaled Abdel El Tawab and Taher Mohamed Abu Taleb, a suspended police officer, have only turned themselves in earlier this week. Youssef’s mother, a grieving Marwa Kenawy, started a hunger strike on March 31 to pressure Egyptian authorities into arresting them and as a mean to spread awareness on the dangers of ‘celebratory gunshot firing’ during weddings and events. As such, the 45-year-old mother ended he hunger strike on Monday. The men are expected to begin serving the criminal court’s sentence of seven years; they were charged with illegal possession of firearms and involuntary manslaughter…
Culprits Behind ‘Celebratory Gunfire’ Killing of Young Teenager Arrested
May 16, 2019
