Crime & Justice
Egypt Executes Two Convicted in 2023 Killing of "Coast Doctor" Osama Sabour
October 3, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Egypt executed Saturday by hanging doctor Ahmed Shehata and nurse Ahmed Farj for the 2023 murder of colleague Osama Sabour.
- Egyptian authorities on Saturday hanged doctor Ahmed Shehata and nurse Ahmed Farj, convicted of killing fellow doctor Osama Sabour in 2023.
- The Court of Cassation rejected the defendants' appeals in December 2025, making the death sentence final.
- The court sentenced a third defendant, lawyer Eman Mohamed Saleh, to 15 years in prison for luring the victim.
- Family lawyer Amr Abdel Salam said the victim's mother prostrated in gratitude and thanked the Interior Ministry and the judiciary.


