Human body parts found in a garbage bin in Cairo’s Hadayek El Maadi area

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Activists circulated on social media the news of finding human parts in a garbage bin in the Hadayek El Maadi area in Cairo, while the Egyptian Ministry of Interior revealed the circumstances of the incident.

The ministry said, in a statement, that it posted on Facebook: “The examination revealed that on the 5th of this month, a cleaner reported to the Maadi Police Department in the Cairo Security Directorate that he had found an amputated foot inside a rubbish bin.”

And she added: “By examination, it was found that there was an amputated foot wrapped in white gauze and a medical adhesive, and by conducting investigations and collecting information, it was found that on the 3rd of this month, a surgical operation was performed in a hospital for a woman with the nationality of one of the countries. bear the same nationality.

And the ministry continued: “By summoning the latter and asking her, she confirmed what was previously stated, and added that she went to the cemetery area to bury the foot, but she was surprised by the cemetery workers’ request for a burial permit, so she left and disposed of it by throwing it at the place where it was found.”

The statement stated that “legal measures have been taken, and the Public Prosecution has undertaken the investigation.”