Man accused of killing parents remanded to psychiatric hospital

Tanta prosecutors have ordered Mohamed El-Sherbini, accused of stabbing his parents to death, held 45 days at a psychiatric hospital to assess his mental competency.

• Tanta investigators ordered El-Sherbini, 30, remanded for 45 days to a psychiatric and neurological hospital to determine his criminal responsibility.
• Police found the bodies of his retired parents in their home in Mahallat Marhoum village, Tanta, with stab wounds last week.
• Police arrested El-Sherbini on prosecution authorization and seized the knife used in the killings.
• Investigators said the suspect left his parents' bodies in the home for three days.