A court in Cairo town of Egypt has released young Somali woman who accused of killing an auto-rickshaw driver following alteration.
According to a statement by court, Egyptian prosecutors said they received on the 17th of May that the body of a deceased tuk-tuk driver had been discovered on a street on the outskirts of Giza’s the 6th of October city, a suburb 32km outside of Cairo.
She fought back – and suffered defensive injuries to her hands – before stabbing the driver and escaping.
Prosecutors said that her version of the events is consistent with the evidence they have received., including the medical autopsy performed on the deceased driver.
The Public Prosecution began its investigations by heading to the location of the body for examination, which was found next to a tuk-tuk with no plates.
It also assigned one of the forensic doctors to perform an autopsy on the driver’s body to report on his injuries.
After questioning the girl, she admitted that she had killed the driver while resisting his assault. She explained that she entered the tuk-tuk with the driver and that he took an unfamiliar route.
He then pulled over claiming the vehicle had broken down, then pulled out a knife he had hidden under the driver’s seat and threatened her while attempting to assault her.
She ran away and he chased her, then managed to catch her after she fell to the ground.
He began assaulting her as he held the knife to her neck, but she resisted him and grabbed the knife with both hands, cutting herself.
