I was just on the phone now with Al-Masry Al-Youm’s Ali Zalat.
Ihab has been detained yesterday by the police.
Ali Zalat has been requested to show up for interrogation at the Prosecutor’s office, today 6pm.
More details later.
Hossam el-Hamalawy
Two police corporals are currently under investigation for attempting to rape a woman in Tahrir Square’s underground metro (Sadat Station) on Wednesday, Al-Masry Al-Youm reports.
The woman approached a police corporal inside the underground station, asking him for directions to the nearest exit to KFC at 1:30pm. To her surprise, he pointed at the security office in the station, and told her that was her destination, before grabbing her to the office and attempting to rape her with the help of another police corporal. The woman managed to escape, in complete trauma with torn clothes.
The prosecutor has opened an investigation into the case, with two citizens coming forward as witnesses.
Ihab Magdi Farouk, the victim of Imbaba Police brutality video is still on the run, fearing for his safety after he went public with the details of his torture in an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm on Thursday, only to have his house raided and family detained.
Ihab made a phone call yesterday to journalist Ali Zalat of Al-Masry Al-Youm, who broke the exclusive the report about Ihab’s identity, and told him he would stay on the run till he’s provided with legal aid.