Cairo - (AFP) - The Egyptian Public Prosecution decided to arrest a person on charges of killing his fiancée, Kholoud Al-Sayed, in her residence, on Monday, in the coastal governorate of Port Said, in the north of the country.

The murder of a 21-year-old Port Said girl comes at a time when crimes against women are spreading in Egypt, where in the past three months, three murders have targeted girls in different governorates because of their refusal to associate with the perpetrators.

A statement by the Public Prosecution, which was published on its official Facebook page on Tuesday, stated that it asked "seventeen witnesses from the victim's family, neighbors, and co-workers, and their statements were repeated about the victim's sermon to the accused and their fellowship at work."

The statement added, "Their colleagues confirmed that the accused assaulted her a day before the incident, and that she resigned out of a desire to avoid him (..) One of her neighbors in the property opposite her residence testified to seeing the accused infiltrating through the window into the residence," which prompted the prosecution to assign the police to investigate the incident.

According to the statement, "the (police investigations) concluded that the accused had killed the victim, so the Public Prosecution ordered the arrest of the accused, so he was arrested, and he is being interrogated regarding what was attributed to him, and the investigations are completed."

Last month, an Egyptian court sentenced to death a judge convicted of killing his TV anchor wife, following a dispute between them.

Perhaps the killing of student Naira Ashraf in front of her university in the city of Mansoura in the Delta in June was the most prominent crime of violence against women, and it sparked widespread anger in the country.

The court that ruled the execution of the murderer of Naira Ashraf had demanded permission to broadcast the execution of the death sentence directly on the perpetrator, "which achieves the desired public deterrence."

The Violent Crimes Observatory, according to the Egyptian “Edraak” Foundation for Development and Equality, recorded during the past year 813 crimes of violence against women and girls, compared to 415 crimes in 2020.

The non-governmental organization monitored that the crimes included "296 cases of killing women and girls of all ages."