An open funeral pavilion in their village...the funeral of the two victims of the shooting in Sudan

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The people of the villages of "Taj Al-Ezz", affiliated with the Tami Al-Amdid Center, and "Al-Kafr Al-Jadeed", affiliated with the Met Salsil Center in Dakahlia Governorate, northern Egypt, today, Thursday, mourned the bodies of Egyptian citizens Ikrami Muhammad Shafiq and Muhammad Lotfi Al-Sayyid Shakhba, who were killed after being exposed to gunfire in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, amid an overwhelming state of sadness that fell upon the families of the two victims and the people of the two villages.

The funeral ceremony witnessed painful scenes for the families of the two victims, and it also witnessed the arrival of hundreds of people from the two villages and neighboring centers to bid farewell to the two bodies to their final resting place.

A state of astonishment and extreme shock descended on the members of the two families, amid screams embodying the weight of the tragedy that turned the two villages into an open mourning pavilion.

The details of the incident go back to the Sudanese police announcing the occurrence of a shooting incident, which it described as an individual shooting, explaining in an official statement issued last Monday evening that a Sudanese citizen fired gunshots at a group of citizens in the local market in the Khartoum region at exactly two o’clock in the afternoon.

The accident resulted in the killing of the young man, Ikrami Muhammad Shafiq, 40 years old, and Muhammad Lutfi Al-Sayyid Shakhba, 30 years old, while investigations are still underway by the competent authorities to uncover the circumstances on the ground and determine the full motives for the incident and the criminal responsibility resulting from it.

In previous statements to Al-Arabiya.net and Al-Hadath.net, Muhammad Shafiq, the father of the victim Ikrami, said that the family was in constant contact with their son, who works as a driver and travels to Sudan regularly due to his work, and we did not expect at all that his journey would end with such a tragic ending. He added that the family learned of the tragic news through posts circulating on Facebook, which constituted a huge shock to everyone, noting that his late son left behind two children, and that the family lived through harsh moments of pain. Since she learned of the incident.

For his part, Al-Sayyid Ahmed, a relative of the second victim, Muhammad Lutfi Al-Sayyid Shakhba, confirmed in exclusive statements to Al-Arabiya.net and Al-Hadath.net that the family was shocked by the news of his death being circulated on social media, as he did not show any fears or concerns about his presence in Sudan, which he visited repeatedly to complete his work tasks.

He pointed out that the family closely followed all official and legal procedures with the concerned authorities to follow up on the investigation and coordinate the transfer of the body to be buried in his hometown and among his family.