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Communist Vietnam's secret death penalty conveyor belt: How country trails only China and Iran for 'astonishing' number of executions

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Prisoners are dragged from their cells at 4am without warning to be given a lethal injection Vietnam's use of the death penalty has been thrust into the spotlight after a real estate tycoon was on Thursday sentenced to be executed in one of the biggest corruption cases in the country's history. Truong My Lan, a businesswoman who chaired a sprawling company that developed luxury apartments, hotels, offices and shopping malls, was arrested in 2022.

Mother, lover sentenced to death in Upper Egypt over killing children

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Nagaa Hammadi Criminal Court, Upper Egypt on Saturday sentenced a housewife and her lover to death by hanging – after receiving the permission of the Grand Mufti – on charges of killing her 3 children and attempted murder of her husband.

The crime dates back to July 2021, when the Qena Security Directorate received a report that Raafat Galal, 35, had been poisoned, and his children, Amira, 8, Amir, 7, and Adam, 9, had died of food poisoning. 

Investigations revealed that there was a suspected criminal act behind the death of the 3 children and the poisoning of their father after they drank canned juice.

Upon examination, it was found that the mother of the children, 26, was behind the incident in participation with her lover, a driver, 28.

Investigations found that there had been a relationship between the mother and the driver for 3 years, and they decided to get rid of the husband and the children so that they would be free.

On the day of the incident, the lover took advantage of the parents’ visit to a pediatric clinic to have a medical checkup for one of the kids.

The mother told her lover with the date, so he bought four cans of juice, and put a toxic substance inside them.

The defendant took advantage of the husband’s exit from the clinic, and gave the mother the juice, then she gave it to her children and her husband after he returned to them again inside the clinic.

The children and the husband suffered from food poisoning. The 3 children died while the husband lost consciousness and was transferred to the intensive care unit at a nearby hospital.

The defendants were arrested and presented to the Public Prosecution, which investigated them, then referred them to the Criminal Court, which sentenced them to death after obtaining the permission of the Grand Mufti.

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Source: egyptindependent.com, Staff, September 20, 2022





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