Staff Report CAIRO, March 16, 2018 - The death of an Egyptian student in the UK has sparked outrage across Egypt, where officials have described the incident as "barbaric". Mariam Mustafa, an 18-year-old engineering student, was attacked on the street by a group in Nottingham on February 20 before she died of her wounds on Wednesday. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry described Mustafa's death yesterday as "barbaric" and urged British authorities to bring those responsible to justice. Her family said her death could have been prevented if police had taken action after an earlier warning. They also accuse the hospital where she was treated of negligence. The Foreign Ministry said it is working with its embassy in London to track down those responsible for the assault Mariam. They also said they would be addressing 'human rights' concerns and issues over the medical treatment she received before she died from her injuries. Mariam, an engineering student, was left in a coma after the attack. Egyptian authorities said they will be working with her family's lawyer to make sure her attackers are brought to justice. And they are planning to send a parliamentary delegation to visit the UK to investigate her death, prompting fears a diplomatic row now looms. Alaa Abed, the head of parliament's human right committee was quoted as saying: 'We are in contact with the Foreign Ministry...to help this delegation to reach England as soon as possible.' Her death has sparked among politicians in Egypt, who have criticised her hospital treatment and the police investigation. Human rights organisations in Egypt are said to be working on a dossier that includes a list of its nationals 'killed in mysterious circumstances in England". Deputy chairman of Egypt's human rights committee Margaret Azer called the death a ‘complete and flagrant violation of human rights in Britain". Mariam's mother Nessrin Shehata said that her daughter had been assaulted by the same thugs four months before but police in Nottingham 'did nothing'. Her sister, Malak, was also previously beaten up by the same group of girls and in one brutal attack even broke her leg, the family said. Mariam's relatives insist that the attacks were fuelled by racism. The teenager had been shopping in Nottingham city centre before she was repeatedly assaulted by the women in an unprovoked attack on Parliament Street. The student was rushed to Nottingham City Hospital and placed in an induced coma but died on Wednesday. According to a local newspaper, the victim's mother posted a video on social media saying: 'Four months ago, two of the same ten women abused my daughter in the street with no specific reason. 'We went to the police station and filed an official complaint against them. But, nothing happened.' She added that when the women saw her in the street walking alone, they attacked her once again and dragged her about several feet in the street.
