The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced attempted infant rapist Mahmoud al-Sayed Abu Zaid to death by hanging over charges of attempting to rape an infant and throwing him from the top of a building. The court requested the opinion of Egypt’s Grand Mufti on the death sentence. The police received a communication from residents that the child, Hamza, 3, was found in the yard after being thrown from the fourth floor. Rania said that doctors confirmed that the rape had not been completed, although there had been an attempt by the rapist. She said that the victim hit an electric wire after being thrown from the building and then fell to the ground.

Source: Egypt Independent January 16, 2019 14:15 UTC