Three Egyptians arrested by Lebanese forces in August in relation to the gang rape of a young woman at the Fairmont Nile City hotel in Cairo in 2014 have been extradited by Interpol to Egypt and arrived at Cairo International Airport on Thursday morning. The news was confirmed by the Egyptian Public Prosecution in a statement on Thursday evening, which identified the three Egyptians as Ahmed Helmy Ezzat Toulan, Amr Hussein Mahmoud Ismail and Khaled Hussein Mahmoud Ismail. Local Egyptian media have shared a photograph of the three Egyptians after they were handed over to Egyptian authorities in Cairo. The three Egyptians were located by Lebanese security forces after the country received a notice from Interpol for the arrest of seven Egyptians wanted for questioning in relation to the rape and related sexual crimes. “On 27 August, the General Directorate of Internal Security Forces received a memo from the office of the Interpol in Egypt which consisted of the names of seven Egyptians, located in Lebanon, accused of raping a woman in 2014 at a hotel in Cairo and that a video of the incident was recently received by the…
Interpol Extradites Three Egyptians Implicated in ‘Fairmont Gang Rape’ from Lebanon to Egypt
September 24, 2020
