Mother Sentenced to Death for Burning Infant Daughter to Death in Sharqia

The Zagazig Criminal Court in Egypt’s Sharqia governorate has sentenced a woman to death by hanging for killing her infant daughter by burning her.

The defendant, described as a homemaker, was convicted in connection with the baby’s death. Neither the mother nor the child was named in the available case summary.

The court issued the sentence after seeking the religious opinion required in death penalty proceedings.

The summary provided no further details about the circumstances of the killing, the evidence presented at trial or the defendant’s response to the charge.