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Egypt: 2 executed over fatal drive-by theft
The 2020 theft resulted in dragging a young woman to death
Published: August 13, 2022 18:59
Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent
Cairo: Egyptian authorities have executed two men convicted of dragging to death a woman on a street while attempting to snatch her bag nearly two years ago, local media reported.
In November 2020, a criminal court sentenced two local men to death after convicting them of having dragged the young woman to death following a drive-by theft, a case that has triggered massive outrage in the nation.
The 24-year-old victim identified as Mariam Mohammed was walking a month earlier on a street in the Cairo southern quarter of Maadi where a person sitting next to a driver of a speeding minibus tried to snatch her bag, eyewitnesses said.
The girl clung to her bag as the vehicle sped off. As she lost her balance, her head crashed into the front of a parked car and she was run over by the minibus of the two defendants, the witnesses added.
Horror as girl, 18, is ‘raped twice just ten minutes apart
by two separate men in hotel after fleeing war-torn Ukraine’
Another abysmal example of how well Europe is caring for Ukrainian refugees
Adrian Zorzut
16:40, 11 Aug 2022
A TEENAGE girl was raped twice in two separate attacks just minutes apart on a hotel ship where she was staying after fleeing Ukraine, a court heard.
Rachid B., 38, and Abdullahi A., 26, are accused of assaulting the 18-year-old on board a river cruise liner in Düsseldorf, Germany.
A Ukrainian teenager allegedly was raped twice in separate attacks on a boat housing refugees in Düsseldorf. Credit: BILD
Rachid B is alleged to have followed the girl back to her room. Credit: BILD
Minutes later Abdullahi A burst in and raped her too, the court heard. Credit: BILD
The alleged attacks took place on the Oscar Wilde, which is moored on the Rhine and houses Ukrainian refugees as well as paying guests.
Rachid is alleged to have followed the girl back to her room after they met at dinner on board the boat on March 6.
According to the indictment, he then forced his way through her door and raped her.
The Ukrainian teenager tried to defend herself and was heard shouting "Stop! I don't want that!", the court document alleges.
Ten minutes after Rachid fled, Abdullahi allegedly burst into the girl's room and raped her too, a court heard.
German prosecutors say though the attacks happened in quick succession, the two accused men are believed not to know each other and there is no evidence pointing to them working together.
Rachid and Abdullahi, like their victim, fled Ukraine after the war began in February, travelling through Poland into Germany.
Both men hold Ukrainian citizenship and were originally refugees from Tunisia and Nigeria.
Rachid was studying to become a dentist and Abdullahi a computer engineer.
The men were not offered a chance to speak on the first day of their trial yesterday.
If found guilty, both face a lengthy prison sentence and could be deported.
According to German news outlet Bild, the victim was not able to appear in court after testing positive for Covid.
So, did she catch Covid-19 from one of her attackers, or perhaps, did she infect them?
Some 6.5million Ukrainians have fled into the EU since Putin launched his onslaught in February. Germany hosts around 900,000, mostly women, children and the elderly.
Refugees have fallen victim to a number of crimes including alleged sexual assaults.
German MP Andrea Lindholz said cops must "act immediately" and should do more to "specifically ensure the protection of Ukrainian women by checking accommodation".
A police spokesperson said: "Politicians should now do everything to ensure that such terrible cases of rape as on the hotel boat in Düsseldorf do not accumulate.
"Harsh and swift punishment followed by deportation is the only language such perpetrators understand."
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