A video of a high speed car chase has circulated on Egyptian social media since Monday. The video shows Egyptian woman, Yara Alaa Al-Din, following the car of some kidnappers, who had taken a young Syrian man in Cairo.<\/p>\n
Al-Din was driving her family back to their home, in the Cairo suburb of Nasr City, when she heard muffled cries for help coming from a car as she passed Hussein Heikal street.<\/p>\n
According to a post on al-Din\u2019s Facebook, she decided to follow the vehicle, while a family member documented the chase on a mobile camera.
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bYtAmm5QkH8<\/p>\n
She recalled that her sister screamed and called out at pedestrians and nearby vehicles for help during the chase, in an attempt to get others to join the rescue.<\/p>\n
The video footage of the incident shows al-Din and her family screaming and speeding in the car, while following the other vehicle. They approached the kidnappers several times, but failed to get them to stop.<\/p>\n
During the chaos the kidnappers decided to throw the young Syrian man from the vehicle and sped off. Al-Din stopped her car and the family ran over to the boy.<\/p>\n
According to the Facebook post the kidnappers have since been arrested after a number of vehicles managed to chase them down and deliver them to the police.<\/p>\n
The Head of Nasr City Police station, Wael Ganem, did not reveal the identity of the young man but said in televised statement that he owns a clothing factory in 10th of Ramadan city, part of Greater Cairo, along with an office located on Hussanien Heikal Street inside Nasr City.<\/p>\n
Ganem revealed that the kidnapping had taken place at his Nasr City office. \u201cThey were planning to steal the Syrian man\u2019s vehicle, mobile phone and set a ransom for his release, they are now under arrest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
(Egypt Independent)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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