Murder and abortion

Police in Sumestta, upper Egypt, pressed attempted murder and abortion charges against a farmer, who stabbed his three-month pregnant wife to death for refusing to spend time with him, a source at the general hospital said yesterday.

The source added that Jehan a 19-year-old housewife, underwent an emergency operation during which she lost the baby after she had received three deep knife in the belly during a fight with husband late on Thursday.

The hospital, added the source who requested anonymity, had reported the incident to the police, who arrested the husband, Shaaban, earlier in the day yesterday.

Shaaban confessed to stabbing Jehan, who was at a critical state, on the pretext that she had refused to spend time with him after returning late at night from the coffee shop. The source, quoted an officer who attended the investigation that the husband was charged with attempted murder, Akhbar El Hawadeth weekly said today.