Murder victims’ friends disheartened by the crime, media coverage

CAIRO: The murder of Heba El-Akkad, 23, and Nadine Khaled, 19, at the latter’s home in Al-Nada compound in ElSheikh Zaid city, left their friends and colleagues in disbelief. Their initial shock after hearing the sad news slowly turned into skepticism of the police’s version of the story and criticism of the way local media covered the crime. The public prosecutor’s office has formally charged Mahmoud El-Sayed Abdel-Hafez Essawy, 20, with murder in the first degree with intent to commit theft...