Mother who ‘hacked her five-year-old son to death with a machete and then cooked it and ate part of his head’ is NOT mentally ill, prosecutor rules
- Hanaa Mohamed Hassan is on trial for the first-degree murder of son Youssef
- The boy’s horrified uncle found the boy’s body parts in buckets in Egypt’s house
A woman who allegedly hacked her five-year-old son to death with a machete and cooked and ate part of his head has no mental disorders, Egypt’s prosecutor’s office has determined.
The suspect, 29-year-old Hanaa Mohamed Hassan, has been brought before the criminal court, where she will stand trial for the premeditated murder of her son Youssef.
New reports have detailed how the suspect allegedly killed her victim by hitting him on the head three times with the murder weapon.
She then dismembered his body to destroy the evidence. However, she was arrested before she could bury the body parts.
After butchering his body in the bathroom, she reportedly cooked his head and other parts of his flesh in boiling water on the stove before eating them.
The suspect, 29-year-old Hanaa Mohamed Hassan (pictured left), has been brought before the criminal court, where she will stand trial for the first-degree murder of her son, Youssef (right)
Earlier reports told how the alleged crime was discovered when Youssef’s horrified uncle found body parts in buckets outside the family home in Abu Shalabi, Ash Sharqiyah governorate, last month.
According to the investigation, Hassan killed Youssef to prevent her ex-husband and his family from communicating with him or to legally sue her for access rights.
The investigation revealed that Hassan was of sound mind and that she had not taken any drugs or medication that would affect her mental state.
After Hassan’s arrest, police officers were shocked when she confessed to eating part of her son’s head because she “wanted him to stay with her forever.”
Hassan’s ex-husband, HA, told local media at the time: “When I arrived, the police prevented me from seeing my son because of the horrific scene.”
Hassan’s ex-husband, HA (pictured), told local media at the time: ‘When I arrived, the police prevented me from seeing my son because of the horrific scene’
Hanaa (pictured in police custody) allegedly murdered her unsuspecting son by hitting him on the head three times with the murder weapon, according to new reports
He explained, “We got divorced four years ago because she had land from her father and asked me to leave the house and my family and go 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.”
HA 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, Hassan was stunned when she told police in Faqous, “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.’