still an accident Victims of the Matrouh Desert who died of hunger and thirst during a falconry trip last week, occupy the Egyptians.
Uncle’s son revealed painful details about the incident. Jibril Ragheb Al-Mutairi told Al-Arabiya.net that his uncle Ramadan’s two sons, Abu Mutir, and his assistant Abu Mutair, and baby Shaheen Ramadan, son of the former, went on a hunt for three-day birds in the Western Desert in Marsa Matrouh governorate.
He also added that they got lost in the desert and died of hunger and thirst after their car ran out of fuel, food and water, as well as disruption to the mobile phone network in the area, noting that the people of Matrouh rushed. to look for them until they were able to reach their bodies of water, and so they died of thirst.
Running out of fuel
He also added that the trackers, and during the search trip, found a hawk carrying a “ring” on one of its feet with the name of one of the missing persons written on it, adding that by tracking down the people’s car missing was found in the middle of the desert in the Negev Al-Shaqqa area.
Jibril added that the criminals first arrived at the car’s place, where it stopped after the fuel ran out, and then followed the footprints of the missing persons who walked about 15 kilometers from where the car was. car stopped until it reached the first body, which was for the child.
He also confirmed that he found quantities of firewood on the child’s body, and a few meters away they found the body of an assistant with a shawl on it, so two kilometers away on Ramadan’s body.
While they noticed that the deceased, due to lack of food and water, ate the hunting birds that were in their possession, and also drank the water from the car radiator.
“Loyal to water”
However, the shock was in a phrase found near the bodies, which is “Saviors of water”, and above it an arrow indicating the direction they were walking, indicating that they were still holding on to hope or the possibility that someone would found and save them.
Interestingly, the bodies were buried yesterday in a massive and solemn funeral procession attended by thousands of residents of Matrouh and Alexandria, especially since all the victims reside in the sugar beet area in Borg El Arab, governorate. of Alexandria.
The painful incident shook the feelings of the Egyptians, who called for an investigation into the reasons for the delay in search and rescue operations.
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