Barcelona business school officially dismisses alleged Egyptian rapist Ahmed Zaki

Barcelona business school officially dismisses alleged Egyptian rapist Ahmed Zaki

EU Business School in Barcelona, Spain announced the official dismissal of Egyptian student Ahmed Bassam Zaki, who is accused of raping and sexually assaulting dozens of women and underage girls in Egypt.

A statement by the university on July 6 read: "This is an updated statement regarding the actions taken against Ahmed Zaki after collaboration with the collective @AssaultPolice leading to Ahmed Zaki's expulsion last week and the filing of a criminal complaint at the Spanish police today.“

The statement continued: "Last Wednesday, July 1st at 10 am CEST, online allegations about Ahmed Zaki were brought to our attention. Five hours later, at 3 pm CEST and after having assessed the situation, he was formally suspended.

Ahmed Zaki was an online student at EU Business School and in February 2020, spent three weeks at the Barcelona campus. During the following 48 hours, EU Business School's management, department heads and outside council worked around the clock, undertaking the necessary due diligence, liaising and responding to the EU Community, communicating with all stakeholders and collaborating with the appropriate parties and authorities.

During this process, EU Business School's management also received documented formal complaints of online harassment from some students. Following the due process undertaken,