Six People and Two Drivers Detained After Wrong-Way Traffic Incident in Sharqia

Egypt’s Interior Ministry said it had established the circumstances surrounding a video circulating on social media that showed people stopping vehicles travelling against traffic in Sharqia governorate.

The incident took place on a road outside a workshop in Mashtoul al-Souq. The footage showed several people intercepting vehicles as they moved in the wrong direction.

Six people were detained in connection with the incident, along with the drivers of a microbus and a motorcycle involved in the wrong-way traffic case.

The ministry’s account addressed the incident shown in the circulating footage. No further details about the circumstances of the detentions or subsequent legal proceedings were provided in the available summary.