Tuesday 10 March 2026 – 10:27 PM
The security services at the Ministry of Interior revealed the circumstances of a video clip that was circulated on social media sites, which included a number of people riding motorcycles setting fire to a store in Gharbia.
Arresting those accused of setting fire to a store in Gharbia
Upon examination, it was found that on February 28, a report was reported to the First Police Department of Mahalla from the owner of a shop residing in the department’s district, that it had been damaged by 3 people riding a motorcycle because they had set fire to his shop. The fire was extinguished by the knowledge of the residents, without causing any injuries.
It was possible to identify and arrest the perpetrators of the incident: 5 people, one of whom had criminal information, residing in the district of the second police station in Mahalla. The two bicycles used in the incident were also seized, and when they were confronted, they confessed to committing the incident as referred to, at the instigation of another person whose freedom was restricted in relation to one of the cases, because the owner of the aforementioned shop mistreated one of the female workers in the shop who had a friendship with the instigator.
Legal measures were taken, and the Public Prosecution took over the investigation and decided to detain them in pretrial detention pending investigations.
