The competent investigation authorities in Giza began listening to the statements of specialists in the city council Abu GhalibThe ferry affiliated with it, in an accident in which 13 girls drowned after their microbus fell into the Nile, as evidence to determine the condition of the ferry and its suitability for use or not.
While a driver was shown Abu Ghaleb ferry microbus Two ferry workers were sent to forensic medicine to conduct drug analysis, accused of manslaughter of 17 girls and wounding 9 others.
The First Public Prosecutor of the North Giza Prosecution had earlier decided to imprison the microbus driver whose car fell from the Abu Ghaleb Ferry at the Qanater facility, and two ferry workers on charges of manslaughter of 17 girls, and wounding 9 others.
The First Public Prosecutor of the North Giza Prosecution also ordered that the defendants be referred to forensic medicine to conduct a drug analysis and to summon specialists from the city council to which El Maadiyya belongs.
Investigations are being completed, which are being carried out by a team from the Imbaba and Kerdasa District Prosecutor’s Office, by questioning those injured in the accident, as soon as their condition improves, authorizing the burial of the bodies, and requesting investigators to investigate the incident.
River rescue men of the Civil Protection in Giza are continuing their search operations in the Nile waters for new victims of the sinking accident of the Abu Ghaleb Ferry microbus in the Qanater facility, amid the presence of leaders from the Giza Security Directorate, to follow up the search operations inside the waters.
On Wednesday morning, river rescue men recovered the bodies of Habiba Muhammad, 14 years old, and Salma Wahid, 18 years old, who drowned in the sinking of the Abu Ghaleb Ferry microbus in the Qanater facility in Giza, bringing the number of victims of the Abu Ghaleb Ferry microbus sinking so far to 13 bodies.
The driver of the microbus in the accident with the girls on the Abu Ghaleb Ferry at the Qanater facility handed himself over to the police, and a number of eyewitnesses revealed that the microbus driver left the car to quarrel with one of the young men for harassing the girls while they were crossing the ferry, which led to the car falling into the water.
Al-Youm Al-Sabea obtained a number of names of the deceased and survivors of a car accident that fell into the water in the area of Mansha’at Al-Qanater, “Abu Ghaleb ferryboat,” which was coming from the Ashmoun Center in Menoufia Governorate, carrying a number of girls who worked in a fruit export company.
The deceased are: “Jana Ihab, Tahani Al-Sayed, Jana Ahmed, Rawda Ahmed, Shahd Muhammad, Malak Adel, Yusra Muhammad, Hajar Ahmed, Rawan Ramadan, Hossam Rashad, while the names of the survivors were as follows:” Mayada Ramadan, Amira Diaa, Jumana Arafa, Samira Abdel Aziz, Samah Waheed, Sobhia Salah, Nesma Mohamed, Habiba Diab, and Jannat Ahmed.”
A report had been received by the Giza Security Directorate stating that a car had sunk in the Bahiri winds in the Qanater facility. The detectives moved to the scene of the incident and river rescuers were assisted. It was found that a microbus was loaded with girls working on a farm. While they were crossing by ferry in the Bahiri winds, the car fell into the water and was exposed. Some girls drowned, and nearly others were rescued. The necessary legal measures were taken and search operations are continuing.