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Funeral held for student killed in Al-Azhar institute wall collapse in Gharbia
October 17, 2026 at 03:57 PM
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Residents of Denushar village in Gharbia have buried sixth-grader Ahmed Khaled Ghoneim, who died after a wall collapsed at a local Al-Azhar primary institute.
- Ghoneim, a sixth-grade student at the Denushar Al-Azhar primary institute, died from injuries sustained in the institute's wall collapse.
- Villagers held funerary prayers at a village mosque after afternoon prayers and buried Ghoneim in the family cemetery on Saturday.
- Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayeb offered condolences to the family and dispatched a delegation led by acting institutes sector head Ahmed El-Sharkawy.

