The juvenile criminal court in Cairo is set to issue its final ruling on Sunday against defendant Mohamed Rageh and three others over charges of killing Mahmoud El-Banna, who is known as the “martyr of the chivalry”
In a court hearing, on October 27, evidence ascertained that Rageh, the main defendant in the case, was a minor and his trials would be held before a juvenile court.
The defendants will face between 10-15 years in jail over charges of a premeditated killing, but if it is proved that they are over 18 they will be tried as adults and face the ruling of the death penalty.
A big number of social media users called for executing Rageh in retaliation for El-Banna who was killed for defending a girl from assault and harassment in the city of Tala in Mounefia.
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Rageh, who’s known as a bully along with two of his friends were sexually harassing a girl in the streets, but El-Banna decided to stand up to Rageh and his friends to tell them to consider the girl they’re harassing a sister“.
Rageh, however, along with three criminals came up with a plan to actually murder El-Banna. As they waited for him to finish his private lesson and went after him.
While one trapped him and the other hit him with a stick, Rageh stabbed El-Banna in his neck and stomach that he reached the hospital half dead, already.
El-Banna died in hospital and was dubbed “the martyr of chivalry.” Thousands marched through the streets beside his body.
In the wake of the incident, a huge number of social media users expressed their discontent and called for Rageh’s immediate punishment to be an example to others who harass girls in the streets.
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