“New Naira Ashraf” .. a student was stabbed to death by her colleague in Egypt

The Egyptian Public Prosecutor's Office announced on Wednesday the arrest of a student on charges of killing his colleague after she refused to associate with him, two months after a similar murder that sparked outrage in the country.

Two weeks ago, a court requested permission to broadcast live the execution of the murderer of Naira Ashraf, a student who was stabbed to death outside her university in June, "which achieves the desired public deterrence."

However, the prosecution stated yesterday that a 22-year-old Egyptian citizen "stabbed the victim Salma with several stabs" near the Zagazig court.

The victim, who is also 22, according to local media, is a student at the Faculty of Media in this city, 60 kilometers north of Cairo.

The suspected perpetrator faces the death penalty, for killing what many Egyptians have now called "the new Naira Ashraf" on social media, where the case has sparked controversy.

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