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Egyptian Greco-Roman champion assaulted by thugs who chopped off his fingers

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Abdel-latif Mohamed, an Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestling champion, was attacked and mutilated by thugs in Egypt’s Dakahlia Governorate. 

A group of unknown assailants surrounded Egyptian wrestling champion Abdel-Latif Mohamed and assaulted him in an attack that resulted in his hospitalization.

According to local newspaper Al Masr Al Youm, the 22-year-old Greco-Roman champion was attacked outside a sports club in the Dakahlia Governorate north of Cairo, where he had just completed Friday morning practice. The assailants, who were brandishing switchblades, surrounded the athlete and mutilated his hand using their weapons.

While the extent of Mohamed’s injuries are yet to be determined, various local reports suggest he had several of his fingers chopped off by the thugs. The reports were later confirmed by the athlete’s father, Mohamed Mani’a, who revealed that the assailants removed both the index and middle fingers of his left hand before stabbing him.

“Abdel-latif Mohamed, champion of the world and the champion of Africa in Greco-Roman wrestling, was attacked by thugs in the street close to the popular shops in the city of Dakahlia. He is so famous here that they beat a hero!“ said Abdel-Latif’s father.”They stabbed my son after he finished training, and assaulted him with a switchblade and cut his index finger and middle in his left hand. The doctor underwent surgery that lasted about 5 hours.”

As a result of the injury, Abdel-latif has been forced to withdraw from the 2018 Africa Wrestling Championships. The event is scheduled to begin on February 7 in Nigeria.

Abdel-latif Mohamed competes in the men’s 130 kg weight division. He has won several national wrestling titles and competed at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio, where he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Oleksandr Chernetskyi, a bronze medalist at the 2015 World Championships. Last year, he finished 10th at the Wrestling World Championships.

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