On May 25, Egyptian police apprehended a suspect in connection with the murders of at least three women whose bodies were discovered near Port Said and in the Ismailia Desert.
After attempting to flee, the killer, known as the “New Cairo Slaughterer” or “Women’s Slaughterer,” was apprehended by security officers in his New Cairo residence.
Known as Karim, the 37-year-old had multiple connections with the women he would subsequently bring to his residence.
During the investigation, he confessed to spending a romantic night with a woman. On their second date, he planned to perform the crime, put her body in his car trunk, and dump it on Ismailia’s desert road.
The crime site – the suspect’s New Cairo apartment – was soundproofed to isolate his victims and drown out their screams.
Karim graduated from the American University in Cairo and holds dual citizenship in Egypt and the United States. He was a teacher before pursuing a career in trading. He has been divorced for four years and recently returned to Egypt after living overseas. He rents an apartment in New Cairo, has a luxury automobile, and leads a solitary life.
Before his capture, Egyptian security services received reports that a woman’s body had been discovered on the desert route to Ismailia, followed by another woman’s body in Port Said. Both victims sustained comparable injuries, indicating that the same perpetrator slew them.
Major General Mahmoud Abu Omra, Assistant Minister of Interior for General Security, assembled a task group to investigate the atrocities and apprehend the murderer. Detectives used secure surveillance cameras to conduct investigations and identify the culprit.
According to security sources, there are six victims. The police identified the three discovered bodies as sex workers, and authorities are seeking to locate the remaining bodies.
Security forces are now stepping up their investigation to determine the killer’s motives, identify the remaining victims, and investigate missing person complaints for women in Cairo, Alexandria, and Giza.
