Vigil Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 (edited) Al Ahram March 17, 2004 Page 22 Cairo, Egypt Translated from Arabic for ANN/Groong USING A KNIFE A LUNATIC KILLS THREE ARMENIANS FOLLOWING A SEIZURE The Nuzha area witnessed a tragic incident yesterday when a former employee at the Arab Scientific Academy suffered an intense seizure as he is being treated for having multiple personalities for 15 years now. He grabbed a knife and stabbed his 75 year old neighbour, and his daughter killing them, he then went down stairs and ran into a third neighbour whom he also stabbed to death. Passers by gathered in front of the residential building at Haroun el Rasheed Street in Nuzha watching the situation in total disbelief, some rushed to call in the police that soon arrived and arrested the defendant. The tragic events took place yesterday when Hagon Axel Jean (sic) (75 years old) an Armenian/Egyptian national was surprised to hear someone knocking at his front door. As he attempted to open the door he noticed that it was his next door neighbour Muhammad Mustafa Kamal el Toumi (48 years old) a former employee at the Academy of Scientific Research, and well known to suffer from mental problems. The attacker was holding a knife when he used to stab his victim many times over. When Jean's (sic) daughter Fayanha Jean (sic) heard her father's cries she rushed towards the defendant who quickly stabbed her. She and her father fell into a pool of blood, and died instantly. The defendant was quick to rush downstairs where he met his other neighbour Mary Yarmakian entering the building. He stabbed her, she died soon after at the Heliopolis hospital. The director of Cairo police investigators, the head of the East Cairo police investigators unit, and Nuzha police officers rushed to the scene of the crime. Their inspection concluded that the defendant is psychologically ill, and has been out of work for 15 years. Muhammad Adel head of the Nuzha police prosecutors office, Muhammad al Kholi First Deputy Prosecutor took over the investigation under the supervision of counsellor Khaled Abu Zeid from East Cairo prosecutor's bureau. Police inspected the knife that was used in committing the crime. The defendant confessed that he had killed the first two victims claiming that they had continuously bothered him as they were raising a dog in their apartment. He claimed that he had killed the third victim because of the football that was continuously played (in her apartment?) A matter that bothered him he said. Edited May 31, 2004 by Vigil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymouse Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 The fact that his victims were Armenian and his name was Mustafa Kamal was purely coincidental, and not in anyway a superstitious "sign". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurgen Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 God does exist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 (edited) Can someone please fix the orthography of the subject topic above? It is "lun-A-tic", not "lun-I-tic" which basically means "moonstruck", in Armenian it is known as "lusnot". While in the general sense "lunatic" may mean deranged, crazy, subject to lunar phases, in the Armenian "lusnot" generally refers to the periodic neurological episode otherewise known as "epilepsy". Even the Arm. Encycl. defines "lusnot/epilepsy" as "ebilebsia/epilepsia" Edited March 22, 2004 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymouse Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 While Mustafa Kamal may be in prison now, it would have done him great service to gain linguistics knowledge by reading your post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyebruin Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 While Mustafa Kamal may be in prison now, it would have done him great service to gain linguistics knowledge by reading your post. aaahhh i love a good midafternoon dose of refreshing sarcasm... just what i need to recharge me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntd Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 The father and daughter who were brutally murdered happen to be my uncle and cousin. Their names are Hagop and Vanya Exerjian. Two very kind, generous and extremely talented people. My family is devastated by their deaths. Nairi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyebruin Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 i'm sorry ....god rest their souls... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOTH Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 The father and daughter who were brutally murdered happen to be my uncle and cousin. Their names are Hagop and Vanya Exerjian. Two very kind, generous and extremely talented people. My family is devastated by their deaths. Nairi ! So very sorry...I can fully imagine that you must be devestated....please except my condolences...so very sad - such a tragedy...I feel very badly for your entire family... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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