Overview
- The Minya Criminal Court delivered the death sentence on November 8 after receiving the Mufti’s approving opinion.
- Prosecutors said Hagar Ahmed poisoned the family by mixing a pesticide into bread prepared at their home in Delga, Minya.
- The Interior Ministry identified the substance as chlorfenapyr, and officials said the defendant confessed and reenacted the crime.
- Forensic doctors testified during hearings, and the judicial panel unanimously ruled for execution by hanging.
- Investigators reported that six children died in succession between July 10 and July 25, followed by the father, while the first wife survived.