A TEENAGE woman has been shot useless in Egypt after turning down a wedding proposal from an older man.
Amani Abdul-Karim al-Gazzar, 19, a bodily training pupil, was shot within the again exterior her household dwelling after she and her household each rejected the proposal.
Her killer was 29-year-old Ahmed Abou Ameirah, who turned the gun on himself following his sickening assault on Saturday.
He reportedly killed Amani in a match of anger after she and her household rejected his proposal, earlier than fleeing the scene in the village of Tukh Tanbisha, round 70 miles north of Egypt’s capital Cairo.
His physique was found in a highway near the close by metropolis of Quwaysna, the Egyptian Inside Ministry mentioned.
“Authorized measures have been taken, and the general public prosecution is dealing with investigations,” it added.
Earlier than taking his personal life, Ameirah reportedly shared a sick video of himself goading the law enforcement officials attempting to find him and revelling in his evil crimes.
Within the clip, shared extensively on social media, he mentioned: “I’m Ahmad Abou Ameirah, you’re all trying to find me. I’m the felony.”
Taking credit score for Amani’s homicide, he went on: “I used to breathe her, and I used to be dwelling for her… I’ll take your revenge.”
The horrific slaughter comes as Egypt tackles hovering charges of violent crimes concentrating on ladies, with a number of high-profile instances involving ladies who had rejected males’s advances.
In June, one other younger pupil was stabbed to dying in public as she stepped off a bus by a crazed stalker.
Naira Ashraf was murdered exterior her college in northern Egypt on the way in which to her last exams after she had turned down a number of marriage proposals from her killer.
Her throat was slit by a fellow pupil, in surprising CCTV footage which was shared extensively on-line.
In July, it was introduced Naira’s killer, Mohamed Adel, can be executed on reside TV.
I used to breathe her, and I used to be dwelling for her… I’ll take your revenge
Ahmed Abou Ameirah
The most recent dying has sparked worry amongst ladies in Egypt, notably as a result of obvious copycat nature of the assault.
Three days after Naira’s homicide, one other younger feminine pupil was murdered exterior her campus, this time in Jordan.
In keeping with studies, the girl’s killer despatched her a textual content the day earlier than the homicide studying: “Tomorrow I’m coming to talk to you and in case you do not settle for I’m going to kill you similar to the Egyptian killed that woman immediately.”
Final month one other Egyptian pupil was murdered by a “spurned” man.
“One other day, one other femicide in Egypt,” one social media submit learn following Amani’s homicide.
Campaigners are calling for harder legal guidelines in Egypt targetting gender-based assaults within the wake of the killings.
Almost eight million Egyptian ladies have been victims of violence dedicated by companions, kin or strangers in public locations, in response to a UN survey in 2015.