This is not the first time for a story about a teenager who stabbed another to go viral, over the past few years there were similar cases where people got involved and created hashtags to defend the victim, yet a question remains, what makes a child willing to stab another? What kind of anger did he develop and why?
According to Azza Al Ashmawy, president of the childhood and motherhood association, there are many factors that might contribute to anger issues and defiance in teenagers. Every teen’s emotional regulation skill set, capacity, and maturity is different. Some teens simply need more help in learning how to healthily manage their emotions and cope with stress. Other teens experience intense anger as a symptom of a mental health issue, traumatizing life experience, or simply from the stress and pressures of adolescence.
Al Ashmawy: Such cases needs discipline and therapy so that they won’t be a threat to the society by any chance
“All the diganises doesn’t justify such behavior, even if the stab wasn’t on purpose, it is still a stab. Such cases needs discipline and therapy so that they won’t be a threat to the society by any chance”, said Al-Ashmawy
Al-Ashmawy added to “Trendify” that in order to understand the situation from all angles, it would be required to acknowledge how the Egyptian law might punish children who are under the age of eighteen and whether they could be judged in a criminal court or not.
Farahat: the judgement would be according to Article 101 which implieds reprimand, Enrollment in training and rehabilitation
According to legal counselor and lawyer, Nour Al-Din Farahat, for a child who is over 12 and has not yet reached fifteen, if he/she committed any crime, the judgement would be according to Article 101 which implied reprimand, Enrollment in training and rehabilitation, Obligation to perform certain duties, Judicial test and other measures.
Farahat also mentioned that the legislator decided in Article 111 the penalties to be imposed on the child between 15 and 18 years of age, decided that neither the death penalty nor life imprisonment shall be imposed on the accused who did not exceed 18 years.
Farahat added to “Trendify” that the court could order a child’s placement in a social welfare institution instead of issuing a prison sentence.
“If a child over the age of 15 committed a crime or a felony, then he would be punishable by imprisonment”, Farahat stated. Instead of ruling the penalty prescribed for it, the court might order one of the following procedures: judicial examination or action for the benefit. Also, article 112 stated that children might not be detained, imprisoned or imprisoned with other adults in one place, and while in detention children are categorized by age, sex and type of crime only”.