Woman Arrested After Phone Theft Video Circulates in Alexandria

Egypt’s Interior Ministry said it had established the circumstances of a phone theft captured in a video circulated on social media in Alexandria.

The footage showed a young woman taking a mobile phone from another woman’s bag as the victim tried to board a microbus taxi.

The ministry’s account concerned a social media post accompanied by the clip, which documented the theft during the boarding attempt.

The suspect was arrested in Alexandria’s Montazah district. No further details were provided about the recovery of the phone or subsequent legal proceedings.