The Egyptian Armed Forces. Al-Ahram
The Military Prosecution completed the investigations in Case 170/2023 and referred the defendant to a criminal trial, Egyptian Armed Forces Spokesman Gharib Abdel-Hafez said in a statement on Sunday.
The statement comes a few days after the Military Prosecution accused the defendant, an army officer, of intentional homicide for killing Basma Ali, a pharmacist.
The Military Prosecution also accused the defendant of attempting to murder the rest of her family.
‘Madinaty incident’
The incident, which happened in Madinaty (a real estate development project located in the city of New Cairo), has sparked outrage across Egypt as the defendant allegedly ran over the family, killing the pharmacist and injuring her husband – Hamdan Zaki, a veterinarian – and their children.
Saheeh Masr, a website specialized in verifying the accuracy of news and information, cited a witness who said that the incident happened following a dispute between the defendant and the family after one of the family’s children scratched the defendant’s car while riding a scooter.
Ali and Zaki lived and worked in Kuwait. They were visiting Egypt for the Eid Al-Adha holiday with their four children.
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