A recently arrested Egyptian serial killer, dubbed the ‘New Cairo Slaughterer’, was revealed to be a TikToker with over 600,000 followers on the platform. The social media influencer, whose real name is Karim, amassed a following by creating content for non-English speaking audiences on American slang and ways of speaking. The murderer’s TikTok page, known as ‘Hooked On Fonix’, has since been deleted along with his YouTube channel ‘Speak EZ Hub’. Karim, 37, graduated from an American university and holds dual citizenship in Egypt and the United States. Upon graduation, he worked as a teacher before pursuing content creation. The murderer, who was married and has one child, relocated to Egypt after divorcing – residing in a gated community in New Cairo. Egyptian security forces had received a report, prior to his capture, that a woman’s body was found on the desert road to Ismailia and later, another woman’s body was found in Port Said. Both victims had similar injuries, indicating that both were killed by the same person. Major General Mahmoud Abu Omra, Assistant Minister of Interior for General Security, had formed a task force to investigate the crimes…
