CAIRO - 15 March 2021: Cairo Metro is considering installing surveillance cameras inside the trains of the first and the second lines to monitor the trains from inside. According to Cairo Metro Company spokesperson, Ahmed Abdel Hady, these cameras will be operating along with the other surveillance cameras installed in all stations of the three lines. Also, recently, the existence of surveillance cameras helped arresting a child abuser in Maadi district who tried to sexually harass a 12-years old child her by touching her inappropriately. lady who works at a laboratory in the same residential building saw the harasser on a CCTV while touching the girl’s body. Commenting on such incidents, Cairo Metro spokesperson said that the company does not impose fines on harassers, however, in such cases they only escort them to police stations.

Source: Egypt Today March 15, 2021 14:03 UTC