The Egyptian Public Prosecution continues its investigations into the murder of the "Shubra el-Kheima child" who was killed by a coffee shop worker after being lured to a rented apartment in the Osman neighborhood, where his body parts were removed. The suspect filmed his crime via video call while communicating with a young man of Egyptian descent residing in Kuwait, in exchange for 5 million Egyptian pounds.
The prosecution clarified that the case involves, in addition to the main suspect, Tarek the coffee shop worker, four others. Case documents numbered 1820 for the year 2024, filed with the Shubra El-Kheima First Police Station, reveal the roles of the five suspects. Tarek is accused of premeditated murder of the victim, Ahmed Mohamed, without any accomplices. Ali Al-Din is implicated as the instigator of the crime, while the third suspect, Tarek's father, owned the mobile phone line used by the son to connect with the principal suspect; it has not yet been established whether he was aware of the murder.
The case documents indicate that the fourth suspect, a delivery person, supplied Tarek with medications and drugs unaware of their intended use in the crime. The fifth suspect is a human organ broker; Tarek previously consulted him when he legally sold one of his kidneys. Investigations have yet to confirm his involvement or knowledge of Ahmed's murder.
Investigations revealed that Tarek admitted to having sold his kidney officially some time ago. He went to the notary office to document this and filed a report with the police. An individual named Muhammad, the fifth suspect, directed him to the kidney buyer. After receiving the money, he bought new furniture for his apartment but later had financial troubles and sold it, especially after a dispute with Khaled, his employer, who expelled him from the café.
The suspect stated that he "wanted money by any means" and contemplated selling a part of his liver. He posted in a Facebook group, which led to his acquaintance with the second suspect, Ali Al-Din, who contacted him from Kuwait, claiming to be a doctor and requesting human organs from a boy. This conversation took place one day before he killed the child Ahmed. Tarek knew Ahmed from visiting the café and used to be kind to him, giving him money and sweets.
Tarek recounted that he lured Ahmed from near his home to the crime scene with the help of a sedative obtained from the delivery person at the pharmacy (the fourth suspect). He placed it in Ahmed's drink and began contacting Ali Al-Din, who instructed him on how to commit the crime and remove the intestines and organs using a knife, detailing the prices for each organ, stating that intestines cost 2.5 million pounds, and lungs 3 million pounds.
Tarek explained that after he opened the victim's abdomen and chest and broke his ribs with a hammer, extracting the testicles and removing the heart and eyes from their sockets, he was surprised when Ali Al-Din demanded that he also kill another child aged 8, but he could not fulfill that request as the community suspected him in Ahmed's abduction.
He was arrested after the small body was found in the rented apartment. Sources familiar with the investigation revealed that the videos allegedly promoted by the second suspect, Ali Al-Din, on what is known as the "dark web" are still under examination to confirm whether they were filmed in Cairo or elsewhere and whether they involved crimes similar to the murder of the Shubra el-Kheima child.
