Egyptian prosecution probes mother and stepfather accused of torturing girl, 7, to death

Egyptian prosecutors are investigating a mother and her husband over the torture death of a seven-year-old girl whose body was found in a cemetery.

• Police found the body of a seven-year-old girl bearing multiple injuries in Abu Zaabal cemetery in Al-Khanka, Qalyubia.
• Security investigation determined the girl's mother and stepfather, scrap collectors, poured boiling water on her until she died.
• The two suspects were arrested and confessed in detail to the killing, the Public Prosecution said.
• The prosecution ordered expedited police inquiries, retained the forensic report, and ordered the suspects held in pretrial detention.