Daily Outrage: Pregnant Egyptian woman stabbed 18 times
Examiner Staff Writer
July 7, 2009
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| Egyptians react during the funeral for 32-year-old pregnant Egyptian woman Marwa el-Sherbini who was stabbed by a German man in a courtroom in eastern Germany last week. The woman was to testify against the man in court after he allegedly called her an Islamist and a terrorist in 2008. German prosecutors say a 28-year-old man who fatally stabbed Marwa was driven by a deep hate of foreigners. (Nasser Nouri/AP) |
WHO: Marwa al-Sherbini, 32, of Egypt
WHAT: Al-Sherbini, four months pregnant, was in Dresden, Germany, because of her husband’s research fellowship. She had taken her neighbor, Alex W., 28, to court for repeatedly calling her a terrorist and trying to pull off her headscarf. Inside the courtroom she was to testify against the recent Russian immigrant when he stabbed her 18 times in front of her 3-year-old son.
WHAT HAPPENED: Al-Sherbini’s husband came to her aid and is now hospitalized in critical condition. He was also stabbed by the neighbor in addition to being shot in the leg by a security guard who thought he must be the attacker.
WHAT’S BEING DONE: The killing has been Egypt’s top news story for days, enflaming national anger because of the comparatively little press and political outrage in Germany and Europe. Thousands of Egyptian mourners marched behind al-Sherbini’s coffin Monday during the funeral in her Mediterranean hometown of Alexandria.



