Alexandria’s Manshiya district prosecutors will convene next Monday to investigate the death of Ramadan El-Sayed, known as “Islam,” who died while in custody at Manshiya Police Station last week, according to his lawyer, human rights attorney Mohamed Ramadan.
Ramadan said in a Facebook post that the detainee’s mother filed a formal complaint, Case No. 7798 of 2025, demanding accountability from police officers at the station.
The family requested that surveillance camera footage be reviewed, and that other detainees be questioned as witnesses.
The lawyer said the family rejected attempts to frame the death as simply “God’s will,” insisting they saw signs of severe beating on his body during burial preparations.
They have identified specific officers whom they accuse of assaulting him, Ramadan added.
Speaking to Al Manassa, Ramadan said suspicions arose immediately after the family was notified of the death on Aug. 16. Witnesses told the family that El-Sayed had been beaten by police officers inside the station.
The family, Ramadan explained, faced intense pressure not to escalate the case.
He added that El-Sayed had not been wanted in any case but was detained to pressure him into disclosing the whereabouts of his brother Akram.
“Akram was reportedly involved in a financial dispute with a powerful family in Alexandria linked to the Nation’s Future party.
When police failed to find him, they arrested Islam instead, and inside the station he was allegedly beaten to death,” Ramadan said.
The incident has renewed concerns about conditions inside Egyptian police stations.
In June, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights filed a complaint to the public prosecutor over the deaths of seven detainees at Omraneya Police Station in Giza within a 14-month period.
It called for the suspension of implicated officers pending investigation and prosecution if responsibility is proven.
