ALBAWABA - A young man from Egypt recently made headlines after he was accused of theft and later murdered by torture at the hands of Abu Al Matamir's local residents, sparking outrage across several social media platforms.
Human rights activists swarmed social media with posts urging authorities to take action against the residents responsible for his killing. They added that the individuals responsible should've handed the young man to the local police instead of torturing him to death.
According to Al Arabiya, the Egytpian young man was later identified as Abdul Latif Muhammad Abdul Latif and is being referred to as "Kafr El Dawwar's Theif." His name echoed across social media with activists and locals demanding justice for him and his family.
Thief beaten to death in Egypt, sparks outrage across social media
(The young man's father grieving/ Social media)
His grieving father wrote, "My son had dinner with me last Friday after the prayer sounded. He left and I didn't know anything about him since. I found out from my neighbors and family that my son stole a car filter from them and is now tied up in a house."
He added, "They tortured him all night long until he died. Half an hour later, I found a tuk-tuk (A small taxi used vastly in Egypt) coming with my son's lifeless body, and they threw him in front of the house."
The victim's father later accused the culprits of killing his son which later led to their arrest by security services. Amid their arrest, the culprits confessed to committing the crime, claiming that the victim tried to rob them by stealing a car's filter.
The culprits were also sent to the public prosecution center so that local authorities in Egypt could investigate the matter further.
