Egyptian Man Kills His Mother-in-Law inside University Hospital in Zagazig

On Saturday, an Egyptian man killed his mother-in-law who was being treated at a governmental university hospital in Zagazig after she had refused to agree on the return of his estranged wife, local media reported.

The man’s wife recently left the marital house for her family’s house in the provincial governorate of Al Sharqia due to a dispute with him. He tried unsuccessfully to patch up things with her.

In a new attempt to settle the dispute, the man, a worker, went to visit his ill mother-in-law to press for the return of his wife, but her mother refused his demand, according to reports.

In a fit of anger, he produced a knife and repeatedly stabbed her, much to the horror of other patients and their cries, witnesses said. He was able to flee the scene. Police have launched a manhunt to arrest him.