Mother ‘chops her five-year-old son to death with a machete before boiling and eating part of his head’: Shocked uncle finds body parts in buckets
- Mother ‘Hanaa’ is said to have killed Youssef before she cooked and ate his head
- The boy’s horrified uncle found the boy’s body parts in buckets in Egypt’s house
A mother allegedly hacked her five-year-old son to death with a machete at their home in Egypt before cooking and eating part of his head.
The woman, named only Hanaa, 29, was arrested by police after Youssef’s shocked uncle found the little boy’s body parts in buckets at the family home in Abu Shalabi village.
She confessed to police that she ate part of her son’s head because she “wanted him to stay with her,” local media reported.
Hanaa allegedly killed her unsuspecting son with four blows to the head before butchering his body in the bathroom.
She then reportedly cooked his head and other parts of his flesh in boiling water on the stove before eating them.
An Egyptian mother (right) confessed to police that she ate part of her son’s head because she “wanted him to stay with her,” local media reported. Left in the photo: victim Youssef
After her arrest, she claimed to police in Faqus, northern Egypt, that she “suffers from a mental illness” and had no intention of killing her son.
She and Youssef lived alone after she divorced her husband, who insists she knew exactly what she was doing.
The ex-husband, identified only by his initials HA, told local media: ‘When I arrived, the police prevented me from seeing my son because of the horrific scene.
“We separated four years ago because she had land from her father and asked me to leave the house and my family and come with her to live on the land.
“But I refused, and the relationship ended entirely by her will, and I tried to reconcile with her after the divorce, but she refused and stood by her opinion.”
He added, “My son was the one who kept me connected to her, and I saw him regularly and brought him clothes and things he needed.
“But recently she tried to keep him away from me and plant hatred towards me in his heart so that he wouldn’t come to me.
“I tried to communicate with her family to see my son and make sure he was okay.”
According to his lawyer, Samir Mohamed Saleh, the suspect was petrified when she told her interrogators, “I wanted to release him and myself.
“I wanted to take revenge on his father and be free. His father keeps coming and tries to take him all the time.’
The Public Prosecution Service says in a statement that the suspect has been arrested and that she will undergo a psychiatric examination.
Youssef’s father, HA (above), insists his ex-wife knew exactly what she was doing
Hanaa (pictured in police custody) allegedly killed her unsuspecting son with four blows to the head before butchering his body in the bathroom