Court in Kafr Saad, Egypt, postpones trial of child accused of killing young man

A Children’s Criminal Court at the Kafr Saad Centre, in D’Amit Governorate, considered the trial on Tuesday of a child accused of killing a young man, in case No. 46 of 2026. The source does not state the child’s exact age. It refers to the accused as “he.”

According to the source, the incident came to the attention of security services more than six months earlier, when they received a report of the death of a young man named Joseph. Security services went to the scene immediately and apprehended the accused. The prosecution ordered a forensic committee to prepare the report needed for a burial permit.

In a special interview, the victim’s mother told a newspaper that on the day of the incident, a man she named as Yusuf Shaf was accused of blocking the way of girls and trying to harm them, and that an altercation followed involving those present. She said the accused returned carrying a screwdriver and beat her son. The source’s account of her words is partly unclear, and it does not establish the sequence of events beyond her statement.

The source also reports that friends of the accused spoke about the case, but the text of their remarks is not clear in the report. The mother described Joseph as a moral young man whom everyone loved, and she said that he had been taken from her. She also urged parents to pay attention to how they raise their children, a statement the source attributes to her directly.

The case is set against descriptions of Joseph as a young man of good character, and a court proceeding involving a child accused of his death calls for protecting the young and the weak (Psalm 82:3).

The Children’s Criminal Court at Kafr Saad postponed the case, No. 46 of 2026, to the 24 November session of the sentencing court.

Source: Read the original report (translated from Arabic)