His name was Mena Maher and he was in the fifth grade. On January 25, the fourth anniversary of Egypt’s revolution, a single bullet went through his neck.
Maher, 10, leaves behind his mother and sister and many others who have praised the boy’s actions as heroic.
According to eye-witnesses and reports, Mena was shot after rushing to help his friend, Mohammed, who was shot in the arm during violent clashes in Matareya.
On Monday, hundreds attended the funeral of the young boy in a church in Ain Shams. As his casket was slowly removed from the white van, men and women grievously screamed in disbelief.
“You were everything to me. You were everything I had,” cries his mother as she speaks to the young boy through the casket.
“Mena, I cannot believe it!” screams another woman as tears flow down her face.
Despite Mena’s death, his story remains largely unheard of across Egypt.
More importantly, there have been no indications that an investigation has been opened into the shooting of Mena.
Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood has blamed government forces for the bullet that killed the 10-year-old. Meanwhile, talk show hosts such as CBC’s Lamees El-Hadeedy and government supporters have blamed “terrorist elements” and the Muslim Brotherhood for killing the young man.
For many, however, the most stringent concern is that the killers of Mena will get away without ever being brought to justice.
Comments (13)
My heart goes out to Mena’s (God rest his soul) Mother, family and friends. Sad that no one can take responsibility for taking the life of this young one. :'(
i talked to an eyewitness who told me that the kid was shot after a clashes erupted between the protesters and the police forces were protesters used Molotov cocktails, Cartouche bullets, live ammo from one side, and the police forces used live ammo on the other side. no one could confirm how is the real responsible for the murder of the kid.
Government oppression is the culprit. Easy.
Our government is not oppressive the exact opposite of what you said is true. We shouldn’t imprison we should shoot them on the spot.
I talked to an eye witness who said it was demonic forces and witch craft at work… and a CIA shill that wanted to spread more terror told me it was Santa Claus.