Less than a week following a case of mass assault in which a young Egyptian woman was assaulted by a group of men in public at night, the victim in question has dropped charges against the perpetrators. According to local news outlets, the young victim, “May” announced her decision to the Public Prosecution after negotiations with the attackers’ families. However, local news outlets also reported that despite the victims dropping their charges, residents of Mansoura demanded that the Public Prosecutor proceeds with the case, in order to punish the accused of ‘crimes against society’. A number of local media outlets, including El Balad and BBC Arabic, claim that the video took place on New Year’s Day. The young woman was seen inside a store while a mob of young men waited for her exit, in anticipation for the attack. In an interview with famed TV presenter Amr Adeeb on his MBC show, the young woman explained that around 20 men had been harassing her and her friend, ‘Zahra’, for more than two hours. It is when the men started taking their pictures that they sought refuge inside a mobile shop,…
