Conscript allegedly stabs CSF officer to death during morning drill
A conscript allegedly attacked and killed an officer during a morning drill at a Central Security Forces (CSF) camp in Dahshur on Friday, according to the state-owned news site Ahram Gate.
Captain Yasser Mekkawy was supervising the morning drill when the conscript allegedly stabbed him multiple times, then waved his knife at the other soldiers. Another officer then shot the conscript in the leg.
Mekkawy and his assailant were both taken to Haram Hospital. The officer died en route.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the conscript suffers from an unspecified mental illness, according to Ahram.
The Central Security Forces are a paramilitary force composed of roughly 300,000 to 350,000 personnel, tasked with assisting the police in securing state institutions and controlling protests and riots. CSF conscripts are recruited from army service conscripts with a low or minimal educational background.
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