The victim is arrested since the 4th of July 2013. Despite being over 78 years old at the time. He was the deputy supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood.

He was later sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the case known in the media as the "Guidance Bureau Incidents" and to death in the Wadi El Natrun prison escape case.

The victim suffers from chronic heart disease and has undergone several delicate surgeries, including valve replacements, stents, and open-heart surgery.