Security forces arrested the suspect who escaped after the incident |
After leaving prison, Egyptian citizen Abdul Mouli killed his wife and a girl by stabbing her in the neck, while seriously injuring four girls.
This inhumane crime in the Al-Jiza area of Cairo spread fear and panic throughout the area.
After the incident, security forces arrested the absconding accused, who works as a scrap dealer.
The police received information that an Egyptian national named 'Moli', who was recently released from prison, killed his wife Rania and nine-year-old daughter Jana Abdul-Moli while trying to slaughter the other four.
The four girls fight for their lives in the hospital. He has neck injuries.
The Public Prosecution Team began investigations after collecting evidence of the criminal offence.
The two injured girls said their father allegedly took drugs and often fought with their mother.
He also tried to set the house on fire after the stabbing that day.
Police sources said the accused hid with a friend of his after the incident, who was arrested.
During the interrogation, the accused confessed to the crime and said that he took this step after a fight with his wife.
According to the Emirates newspaper The National, the accused told police officers that his wife had given birth to five daughters and no sons.
The accused was released from prison after completing his sentence for another criminal offence. The police also detained the friend of the accused for helping to cover up the crime.
Abdul Mouli was previously arrested by the police for possession and use of drugs.