Update: Egypt’s Public Prosecution issued a statement late Wednesday, 14 October 2020 announcing that the woman, identified as ’24-year-old Maryam’ in the statement, was killed after an attempted robbery. This article has been updated on 15 October 2020 at 5:00AM local time to reflect this new information. Egypt’s prosecution has ordered the arrest of three men who allegedly killed a woman following an attempted robbery. According to a statement released by Egypt’s Public Prosecution, witnesses report that men in a white microbus grabbed the woman’s handbag while she was walking in Cairo’s Maadi in an attempt to steal it. The woman, identified by the Public Prosecution as 24-year-old Maryam, died after sustaining head injuries after being dragged by the perpetrators’ car. According to the Public Prosecution, Maryam was wearing the handbag and as a result of the attempts to steal it, she was dragged by the perpetrators’ car until she hit a parked car, leaving her with serious injuries. An ambulance arrived 30 minutes after the incident, following which Maryam died. Egypt’s Public Prosecution announced that it had obtained blood and other forensic evidence from the scene and CCTV footage…
