Cairo - (AFP) - The Egyptian Public Prosecutor's Office announced on Wednesday the arrest of a student on charges of killing his female colleague after she refused to marry him, two months after a similar murder sparked outrage in the country.

Two weeks ago, a court requested that the execution of the execution of the murderer of Naira Ashraf, a student who was stabbed to death in front of her university in June, be broadcast live, "which achieves the desired public deterrence."

However, the prosecution reported on Tuesday that a 22-year-old Egyptian citizen "stabbed the victim, Salma, with several stab wounds" near the Zagazig courthouse.

The victim, who is also 22 years old, according to local media, is a student at the Faculty of Mass Communication in this city, 60 kilometers north of Cairo.

The suspected perpetrator faces the death penalty in Egypt, one of the most executed countries in the world, for his killing, which many Egyptians are now calling the "new Naira Ashraf" on social media, where the case has sparked controversy.
Many netizens saw "she was killed just because she was born a woman in a patriarchal, misogynistic society", but in this conservative country, many blame the girl who "should not be friends with a man".

Another user considered that "as long as there are supporters who make excuses for the perpetrators of these crimes, they will continue."

According to the United Nations and the Egyptian Statistics Authority in 2015, about 8 million women were subjected to violence in Egypt by their husbands, relatives, or their entourage in public places.