Alexandria student arrested for promoting bladed-weapon sales on social media

Egypt's Interior Ministry announced the arrest of an Alexandria student accused of running a social media page advertising bladed weapons for sale.

• The ministry's Information Crime unit monitored a social media page advertising bladed weapons in exchange for money.
• Police identified and detained the operator, a student residing in the First Montaza police district in Alexandria.
• He was found holding one bladed weapon and a mobile phone containing evidence of his activity.
• The suspect confessed to managing the page to promote the confiscated weapon; authorities found no other weapons in his possession.