FAMILY HORROR: Teen Stabbed Eight-Year-Old Cousin Instead Of Mum In ‘Honour Killing’

A man high on cannabis accused of stabbing his eight-year-old cousin to death was trying to kill his mother in a tragically botched honour killing, it has emerged.

May Baqna poses in an undated photo. She was allegedly killed by her cousin in Qus, Qena, Egypt. (Newsflash)

The young victim has been named as May Baqna, reportedly murdered by her 16-year-old cousin Mohammad S. in the city of Qus, Qena governorate, southern Egypt.

Police believe he had plotted to kill his mother – named as Zainab M.A. – because she had left his father and he believed she had started dating other men.

Zainab lives with her family but as her son entered the house he was reportedly surprised by his young cousin and stabbed her before fleeing.

Mohammad S. poses in an undated photo. He allegedly killed his cousin, May Baqna, in Qus, Qena, Egypt. (Newsflash)

Mohammad S. – arrested by police soon after the slaying – allegedly told investigators he feared she would identify him if he did not kill her.

Police believe Mohammed S. is a regular cannabis user and had been high while he carried out the killing.

Dua Abdullah, May’s mum, returned home from her job as a nurse at a medical clinic to find her daughter lying in a pool of her own blood.

Dua said: “They killed a piece of my heart and the reason for my happiness.”

sDua Abdullah, the mother of May Baqna, poses in an undated photo. May Baqna was allegedly killed by her cousin in Qus, Qena, Egypt. (Newsflash)

She also reportedly blamed her sister Zainab M.A., also known as Rasha Hamdi, and her sister’s estranged husband, named only as Sabri M.A. and also known as Hassan Hamdi, for the situation.

Mohammad S. allegedly confessed: “I slaughtered my aunt’s daughter… and failed to kill my mother.”

The investigation is ongoing.