Al-Ahram newspaper journalist commits suicide at his office

Al-Ahram newspaper journalist commits suicide at his office

On Thursday evening, Egyptian media reported that a journalist in the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper has committed suicide in his office.

The journalist, named Emad al-Fekky, committed suicide by hanging himself in his office on the fourth floor in the famous Al-Ahram newspaper building in downtown Cairo, in the early hours of Thursday morning, in what seems to be mysterious circumstances.

The Azbakeya prosecutors took over the investigation and have ordered to summon eyewitnesses and the journalist’s wife.

Preliminary investigations showed that the person that committed suicide was a 54-year-old journalist in the news section of Al-Ahram newspaper.

He committed suicide by hanging: his head separated from his body in the balcony of his office in the newspapers building.

A team of detectives listened to the statements of his colleagues and eyewitnesses to determine the circumstances of the incident, and another team examined the surveillance cameras in the vicinity of the incident to reveal its circumstances.

The investigation authorities also summoned the journalist’s family to hear their statements.

The body was transferred to the morgue, and necessary legal measures have been taken.

On the other hand, Mahmoud Kamel, a member of the Journalists Syndicate board, commented on the incident, on his personal Facebook page, saying: “All the colleagues in