An Israeli-Canadian businessman who had lived in Egypt for a dozen years was shot and killed Tuesday in an Alexandria suburb. Terrorism or not, the affair provokes strong reactions in the Nile valley.
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With our correspondent in Cairo, Alexandre Buccianti
The businessman created the OK Group company in 2008, specializing in the processing and export of frozen fruits and vegetables. A prosperous company whose profits were estimated at several million euros.
Tuesday, while driving on a country road in the suburbs of Alexandria, this man, who was staying as a Canadian in Egyptwas fatally shot.
The preliminary police investigation suggests a heinous crime linked to a financial dispute. But a statement claiming responsibility for the assassination of the man described as a Mossad agent has spread on the Internet.
The authors claim to belong to an unknown organization, “The Vanguards of Liberation, Mohamad Salah Group”, named after an Egyptian soldier who killed three Israeli soldiers on the Sinai border in June. If some Internet users applaud, others condemn “ a crime that can only harm Egypt “.
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