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CAIRO (AP) — An
Egyptian university student was fatally stabbed as his girlfriend looked
on after three suspected Islamic militants confronted the couple in a
park and told them they should not be together if they are not married, security officials said Wednesday.
The
murder is fueling fears that vigilante groups may be seeking to
strictly enforce Islamic mores, emboldened by the election of Islamist
President Mohammed Morsi. Moderate Muslims along with liberal and women's groups worry that Morsi's presidency will slowly eradicate Egypt's entrenched secular traditions and change the social fabric of the mainly Muslim nation of 82 million people.
The student, 20-year-old Ahmed Hussein Eid,
was attacked on June 25 in the Red Sea city of Suez east of Cairo while
he was with his girlfriend in a quiet park that is a favorite spot for
romantic rendezvous, according to the officials. It was not immediately
clear what the two were doing when challenged by the three men who
arrived on a motorbike.
But
the officials, citing initial testimony of the girlfriend, said the men
told the couple they should not be together because they were not
married and must immediately leave and go their separate ways. An
argument followed and one of the three men stabbed Eid in the upper left
thigh, near his genitals.
He was hospitalized and died of his wounds a
week later on Monday, according to the security officials who spoke on
condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the
media.
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