CAIRO: The Amereya police deportment in Alexandria arrested three men from the same family and accused them of murdering two of the mens' sister and dumping the body in the sewage after hearing rumors about her. The two brothers and the girl's uncle dragged her in a car along with her three-year-old child and drove to an isolated area where they strangled her with her head scarf in front of her baby, media and police reports stated. Police said that they stabbed her in the chest and the stomach with a knife to make sure she was dead. Later that night, they dumped the body in the sewer system where it was found and taken to the corner's office. The deceased, Karima Metawe, 20, was married to a butcher who works in Libya and her brother and uncle allegedly had heard rumors about her leaving the house and going out, leaving her child behind, so they decided to take her life to ‘restore' their family's honor. The murderers were referred to the district attorney's office and their trail will be expected soon. Honor killings are not as common in Egypt as elsewhere in the region, notably Jordan, but in recent months, more and more reports of women being killed by family members have been reported. BM
