Egypt’s public prosecutor has ordered the arrest of Magdy Ibrahim Mohamed, a train conductor for four days pending investigation into murder charges after allegedly “forcing two young men to jump off a train while the train was moving” for not having tickets. The two young men, Mohamed Eid and Ahmed Mohamed, jumped from train No. 934, which was heading from Alexandria to Luxor, at the village of Dafra in the center of Tanta in the Gharbia Governorate, local sources reported. Eyewitnesses told BBC Arabic that the conductor forced the two young men to choose between paying the ticket, handing them to the police, or jumping off the train. “One person [Eid] was killed and the other [Mohamed] was injured while jumping off the train. This occurred while the train speed was slower near the city of Tanta, Gharbia,” The Egyptian Railway Authority said in an official press release. The conductor reportedly violated the proper procedure set forth by the country’s Railway Authority in the event of fare evasion, which is to file a police report. بيان النيابة العامة 29 أكتو… by Bassam Mharan on Scribd The statement added that the train…
