Egyptian public prosecutors have ordered 31 defendants to be brought before the competent misdemeanor court in connection with two cases of endangering children at the Cies Language School and the Alexandria International Language School. It also ordered a copy of the document to be sent to the Judicial Inspectorate’s Child Protection, Disability and Elderly Affairs Bureau in order to take necessary measures to protect the child victims.
According to an official statement yesterday (Saturday), the prosecutor’s investigation in the two cases revealed aspects of negligence, deficiencies and serious violations of the duty of supervision and control that facilitated the assault on the child victims. In addition to the failure of security guards and camera monitors to keep track of surveillance cameras and door recordings, children were found to be wandering alone and abandoning supervision, both in the courtyard and in areas where buses were waiting, without the presence of supervisors assigned to supervise them.
The two principals also did not monitor or track the presence of the female superintendent with the children, did not ensure that security guards and surveillance cameras were performing their assigned duties, and did not take the necessary steps to ensure the safety and security of the students and prevent the assault on the students, which allowed the suspect to assault the children while he was alone.
Prosecutors based their case on solid evidence, including examining surveillance camera recordings from both schools and hearing statements from experts from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. It also ordered the National Mother and Child Council to prepare a report on the situation of the child victims. All of this evidence combined to prove the crimes of endangering the children, threatening the integrity of the care that should be provided to the children, and exposing the children to neglect, violence, and exploitation that prosecutors ultimately found responsible for the defendants brought to trial. Criminal.
Seeds International Language School Incident
In November last year, a number of school staff members were witnessed sexually harassing and assaulting six students under the age of five at the KG2 level at Seas International School in Obur, Egypt.
The Cairo Security Directorate’s Security Directorate received reports from the parents of six children enrolled at the school that their children had been sexually harassed and assaulted by some staff members in a room at the school. These crimes were committed at gunpoint, and security authorities were able to arrest the suspects and refer them to law enforcement authorities.
Education Minister Mohammad Abdul Latif made the decision to place the school under ministry-wide supervision after monitoring violations committed by the government in dealing with student harassment issues.
Alexandria International Language School Incident
On December 9, Egypt’s Alexandria Criminal Court referred a suspect who assaulted a child at an international school to the mufti and set a session for February 1, 2026 for sentencing.
The details of the case registered in Tana Park Administration No. 16372 of 2025 are as follows: The Security Directorate of Alexandria Security Directorate received a notification from the Director of Tana Park Police Station that four families had filed a complaint against the staff of one of the reputed international schools for assaulting children in the schoolyard.
An initial investigation revealed that he assaulted three girls and a boy. After codifying procedures, security authorities arrested the suspects, prepared a report on the incident, and notified the investigating authorities.
As stated in the details of the order, the prosecution charged the defendant with abduction of a child by deception, alleging that he used his work at the school to lure the child to his room adjacent to the school courtyard, away from the sight of daycare workers and surveillance equipment, and took advantage of his young age to break off his relationship with the daycare worker and trick him into playing happily.
This felony is concurrent with another felony in which, at the same time and place, in his capacity as a paid servant of a person responsible for her supervision and care at a school, he forcibly assaulted a child under the age of 18 (born in 2020) while exposing her clothing and touching her chastity area, causing injuries described in the forensic report, and taking advantage of her inability to identify her and violating her honor. And I repeated his actions several times.
The Egyptian public prosecutor’s office has ordered the appearance of 31 defendants at the competent misdemeanor court in connection with cases of endangering children at the Cies Language School and the Alexandria International Language School. He also ordered a copy of the document to be sent to the Child Protection Bureau and the Office for Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly of the Judicial Inspectorate in order to take necessary measures to protect the child victims.
According to an official statement yesterday (Saturday), the prosecutor’s investigation revealed aspects of negligence, deficiencies and serious violations of the duty of supervision and supervision of child victims, which facilitated the assault on children. In addition to the failure of security guards and camera monitors to keep track of surveillance cameras and door records, it was discovered that children were left wandering alone in the gardens and bus waiting areas without the presence of assigned monitors.
The principals of both schools also failed to have supervisors present for the children and to monitor and supervise the children with security guards and camera monitors, and did not take the necessary measures to ensure the safety and security of the children and prevent assaults on the children, resulting in the defendants separating the children and assaulting them.
The prosecution substantiated the case based on solid evidence, including examining surveillance camera records from both schools and hearing statements from experts from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. It also ordered the National Mother and Child Council to prepare a report on the condition of the affected children. All of this evidence, taken together, establishes the commission of a crime that endangers children, jeopardizes their necessary care, and exposes them to neglect, violence, and exploitation, and is attributed to the defendants, whom the prosecution decided to refer to a criminal trial.
Seeds International Language School Incident
In November last year, multiple staff members of the Seeds International School in Al-Obour, Egypt were witnessed harassing and sexually assaulting six students under the age of five at the KG 2 level.
Security authorities in Cairo received reports from the parents of six children enrolled at the school that their children were being subjected to harassment and sexual assault by some staff members in a room at the school, crimes that occurred under threat of weapons. Security forces were able to arrest the defendants and hand them over to investigating authorities.
Education Minister Mohamed Abdel-Latif has decided to place the school under the full supervision of the ministry following violations committed by the education administration in handling cases of harassment against students.
Incident at Alexandria International Language School
Egypt’s Alexandria Criminal Court on December 9 referred a defendant accused of assaulting a child at an international school to the Grand Mufti and set a session for February 1, 2026 to deliver a verdict.
The details of the case, registered under Montaza Second Administrative Number 16372 of 2025, began when Alexandria’s security services received a notice from the Montaza Second Police Chief indicating that four families had filed a complaint against the staff of a well-known international school who assaulted children in the schoolyard.
Initial investigations revealed that he assaulted three girls and one boy. After legal proceedings were taken, the security forces arrested the accused, recorded a report of the incident and informed the investigating authorities.
According to the details of the transfer order, prosecutors charged the defendant with deceiving and abducting the girl by using his work at the school to lure the girl to his room adjacent to the schoolyard, away from her caregivers, misleading her into thinking they were playing together, and taking advantage of her young age to cut off her relationship with her caregivers.
This crime was linked to another crime because, at the same time and place, in his capacity as a paid servant of a caregiver responsible for monitoring and caring for her within the school premises, he forcibly assaulted a girl (born in 2020) who had not yet reached the age of 18, exposed both her and himself, groped her genitals, caused the injuries described in the forensic report, took advantage of her inability to identify and committed the act against her, repeating the act several times.
