CAIRO — Seven suspects in an alleged gang rape at a luxury Cairo hotel in 2014 that is at the centre of an online campaign against sexual assault in Egypt have fled the country, the public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday. The men left Egypt between July 27 and July 29 after claims against them started to circulate on the internet, the prosecution said in a statement. Prosecutors are seeking the arrest in Egypt of two other suspects at large in the case. Anger at inaction over the 2014 incident at Cairo's Fairmont Hotel helped fuel a campaign against harassment and assault in which hundreds of women have shared testimonies online. Prosecutors said they launched an investigation into the Fairmont Hotel case after legal complaints were lodged in early August.

Source: International New York Times August 26, 2020 21:45 UTC