Alexandrian security forces have arrested the mother of Karim Selim, widely known in the media as the “New Cairo Serial Killer” or the “Tagamoa Serial Killer”, to enforce a six-month prison sentence issued against her for repeatedly refusing to comply with a court order to hand over her grandson, Zayn, to his mother, Lobna Yakout, according to Al-Ahram. The Alexandria Misdemeanor Court issued a final ruling sentencing the accused to prison after the child’s mother, Yakout, filed an official complaint accusing the grandmother of unlawfully retaining the child and refusing to comply with a prior court order to return him. The court’s decision came in response to the grandmother’s continued defiance of that ruling. In a social media story, Yakout announced that her son has been safely returned to her and expressed gratitude to everyone who supported her throughout the ordeal. The custody battle centers on Yakout, ex-wife of convicted serial killer Karim Selim. Yakout had shared in an earlier interview with Egyptian Streets the years-long domestic abuse she endured before the separation in 2020. Following Selim’s arrest for the torture and murder of multiple women, Yakout learned that…
