A video clip circulating on social media platforms in Egypt showed a strange rescue attempt for a young man who tried to commit suicide from the top of the minaret of a mosque, where two young men managed to climb into the minaret and beat and punched him.
The footage spread from the village of Sanhour tribal Fayoum Governorate, south of the Egyptian capital Cairo a few days ago, documented a young man standing on the edge of the minaret of the mosque and threatened to throw himself before two young men climbed to the top of the minaret and the two sides exchanged blows, before they were able to control him by punching him.
According to local newspapers and websites, the Civil Protection forces managed to rescue 27-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim, with the help of the villagers.
A report was drawn up and the necessary legal measures were taken regarding the incident, its circumstances and circumstances, and the competent authorities that took over the investigation were notified.
According to press statements, the young man wanted to throw himself from the mosque's minaret, because he was "going through a psychological crisis," confirming the transfer of a security force from the Sanhour tribal police station and the civil protection forces to the place of the communication.
In 2019, social media pioneers in Egypt launched an initiative to confront suicide under the title "Talk to me... I want you to be alive."
The initiative came after a student committed suicide by throwing himself from the top of the Cairo Tower, one of the capital's most prominent tourist attractions, in an incident that caused alarm and remained the talk of satellite and radio programs.
At the time, the Egyptian Dar al-Ifta reiterated its fatwa that suicide is forbidden by Sharia, and launched a hashtag entitled "#حملة_التوعية_ضد_المرض_النفسي."
World Bank statistics showed that 4 out of every 100,2019 Egyptians committed suicide in 703. According to World Health Organization statistics, <>,<> people die every year, and Egyptian government agencies question these figures as inaccurate, but do not deny the phenomenon.
Egypt ranks first in the Arab world in terms of the number of suicides, surpassing countries witnessing armed conflicts and civil wars, due to the large population of more than 100 million people, and ranks 15th in terms of suicide rates.
The Arab Foundation for the Support of Civil Society and Human Rights published a report in 2019, which indicated that the category of students and workers leads the segments of those who commit suicide and then housewives, and the ages ranged between 21 and 30 years, referring to the increase in suicides due to the deterioration of the economic situation, which leads to psychological crises that push some to attempt suicide.