The Deep Dive: Kofta, Poison, and the Thirteen-Year-Old Accomplice in Egypt's Ramadan Nightmare
The story of Shayma and her elderly neighbor Fathi is one of the most harrowing cases of abuse and manipulation in Egypt. At just 13 years old, Shayma poisoned her family during a Ramadan meal, killing her father and leaving her mother and brother gravely ill. What at first seemed like ordinary food poisoning quickly turned into a homicide investigation when an autopsy revealed the presence of rat poison. Under questioning, Shayma confessed. The truth shocked everyone: for seven years, she had been trapped in an abusive relationship with Fathi, a 65-year-old neighbor who manipulated her into…
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