Friday 02/May/2025 – 11:57 AM
The security services of the Luxor Security Directorate arrested, at dawn today, the young man accused of slaughtering a small cat in front of the camera in a live broadcast on Facebook, in an incident that sparked a wave of massive anger on social media.
The defendant was arrested at dawn today in Luxor Governorate and referred him to urgent investigation
The video showed the young man named “AAS”, 28, from the Esna Center, as he committed his hideous act against a cat of no more than two months old, amid wide condemnation and demands for his legal accountability.
The concerned authorities moved as soon as the video spread, the place of the accused was determined and seized, and the young man was offered to the investigation authorities to take the necessary legal measures against him.
Dealing firmly with such facts
A source for Cairo 24 confirmed that dealing with such facts is carried out with firmness, stressing the rejection of any practices that affect the rights of living organisms and violate the laws in force in Egypt.
Activists called for the application of the animal protection laws strictly, to prevent the recurrence of such crimes that warn the risk of normalization with violence and infringement of weak spirits.
