Would like to share this with other expats living in Egypt. This is not an isolated incident but has happened to many and they are not reported including myself.
Dear Cairo Scholars,
I wanted to report an incident that happened to my friend yesterday night (around 8 pm): she took a cab from Garden City to go to Zamalek, and after a few minutes when she realized the taxi wasn't on the right track and was actually doing a loop, he stopped the car next to 6th October bridge in front on the Mariott. He threatened her with a knife, forced her to give her bag, phone, jewellery. He had locked the car so she couldn't escape, and the back windows were tinted so no one could see her from outside. Each time she tried to escape he was threatening her with a knife not to do so. She finally managed to escape.
We helped her to file a complaint at the police station.
Thought it was worth reporting as it happened in central Cairo, not so late. The driver was in his 40's and it was a white taxi.
Leila
Like · · Unfollow Post · Share · Tuesday at 10: