A lady has been charged of killing her five-year-old child with a machete before preparing and eating a chunk of his head.
Hanaa Mohamed Hassan, 29, the suspect, has been brought before the criminal court. Youssef’s mother will go on trial for the planned murder of her child.
According to recent reports, the suspect fatally struck her victim in the head three times with the murder weapon.
The suspected crime was uncovered last month at the family home in Abu Shalabi, Ash Sharqiyah Governorate. According to earlier reports, Youssef’s uncle discovered body parts in buckets.
According to the investigation, Hassan killed Youssef to stop her ex-husband and his family from communicating with him or pursuing her legally for visitation rights.
The investigation found that Hassan was of sound mind and that she had not consumed any drugs or medications that would affect her mental state.
Following Hassan’s arrest, police officers were shocked when she confessed that she had eaten part of her son’s head because she ‘wanted him to stay with her forever’.
Hassan’s ex-husband, H.A., told local media at the time: “When I arrived, the police prevented me from seeing my son because of the horrific scene.”
He explained: “We separated from each other four years ago because she had land from her father and asked me to leave the house and my family and go with her to live on the land.
“But I refused, and the relationship ended entirely by her will, and I tried to reconcile with her after the divorce, but she refused and stuck to her opinion.”
H.A. added: “My son was the one who kept me connected to her, and I used to see him regularly and bring him clothes and things he needed.
“But recently, she was trying to keep him away from me and plant hatred towards me in his heart; so, he wouldn’t come to me.
“I was trying to communicate with her family to see my son and make sure he was okay.”
According to his lawyer, Samir Mohamed Saleh, Hassan was stone-faced when she told the police in Faqous: “I wanted to free him and myself.
“I wanted to take revenge against his father and be free. His father keeps coming and trying to take him away all the time.”
