A woman who strangled her five-year-old stepdaughter and left her body on the roof of the family home has been seized by police in Egypt.
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The killer – not named in local media in Aswan – lured trusting Rufida Arafa onto the roof and throttled her to death, say police.
Then she said nothing while her partner – Rufida’s father – searched frantically for his daughter.
Police spokesman Major General Ashraf Abdullah, Director of Aswan Security, confirmed they were investigating the killing at the house.
He said: “In order to carry out the crime, she asked little girl to come with her on to the roof of the house in the village of Nagaa Al-Arab, and then she strangled her until she stopped breathing.”
He added that the suspected killer had been arrested and prosecutors had ordered her detention for the next four days.
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The suspect reportedly admitted the crime and told police that she had a dispute with the girl’s mother and committed the killing in revenge.
The investigation continues.