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An Egyptian tycoon and an associate pleaded not guilty today to charges they orchestrated the gruesome murder of a Lebanese pop star in a case that has transfixed the Middle East.
Egyptian real estate mogul and lawmaker Hisham Talaat Moustafa and hotel worker Mohsen el-Sukkary are charged with murder in the death of Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim. She was found stabbed to death in her apartment in Dubai in July.An Egyptian tycoon and an associate pleaded not guilty today to charges they... more
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Egypt's prosecutor has charged the chairman of developer Talaat Moustafa Group for hiring a man to kill Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim in Dubai, the prosecution said on Tuesday.
The indictment charges former police officer Muhsen el-Sukkari with killing Tamim on July 28 in return for $2 million from company chairman Hesham Talaat Moustafa.
Shares in Talaat Moustafa, one of Egypt's biggest real estate developers, fell 16 percent to 5.21 pounds ($0.97) on Tuesday as reports of the indictment reached the stock market.
Egypt's prosecutor has charged the chairman of developer Talaat Moustafa Group for hiring a man to kill Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim in Dubai, the prosecution said on Tuesday.
The indictment charges former police officer Muhsen el-Sukkari with killing Tamim on July 28 in return for $2 million from company chairman Hesham Talaat Moustafa.
Shares in Talaat Moustafa, one of Egypt's biggest real estate developers, fell 16 percent to 5.21 pounds ($0.97) on Tuesday as reports of the indictment reached the stock market.
Egyptian media reports have said that Sukkari has worked as a security officer at the Four Seasons Hotel in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, which Talaat Moustafa built.
The indictment says Moustafa "took part through incitement, agreement and assistance with the first defendant (Sukkari) in killing the victim in revenge".
"He provided him with special information and amounts of money necessary to plan and carry out the crime," it said.
Sukkari went to Tamim's apartment in Dubai on July 28 and gained access by pretending to be a representative of the company which owns the building, bringing a present and a letter of thanks from the company, the indictment said.
"He then laid into her with the knife ... cutting her main arteries and her trachea," it added.
"This was on the instigation of the second defendant in return for obtaining from him the sum of $2 million for committing this crime," it said.
Beyond the reference to "revenge", the indictment did not speculate on Moustafa's motives for his acts.
Egypt's prosecutor has charged the chairman of developer Talaat Moustafa Group... more
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A man has been arrested in connection with the death of Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim, police in the Gulf emirate of Dubai have said.
The 30-year-old singer was found dead in her flat last month. Media reports suggested she had been stabbed repeatedly and decapitated. The suspect, a 39-year-old man, was arrested a few days ago in another Arab country, with help from Interpol. Dubai's acting chief of police, Mattar al-Mazeina, would not identify him.
Speaking to reporters, Mr Mazeina said the man had posed as an estate agent to gain access to the singer's flat. He added that the suspect had left the United Arab Emirates 90 minutes after the murder, and said police had tracked him down with the help of evidence collected at the scene. Tamim rose to fame after appearing on a TV talent show in Lebanon in 1996, but her career was marred by stories about a troubled private life.
She was reported to have fled Lebanon to Egypt some years ago after a number of bitter legal battles with her estranged second husband, music producer Adel Maatouk. She gave up her career and disappeared from public view in Cairo in 2007 and was thought to be living in Dubai's exclusive Jumeira district. A man has been arrested in connection with the death of Lebanese pop star Suzanne... more
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