The secret files of the Muslim Brotherhood: Episode VI, the assassination of El Nokrashy Pasha

Successive leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood have been lying to everyone for about 40 years regarding their assassinations, most notably the assassination of Mahmoud Fahmy El Nokrashy Pasha, an Egyptian political figure and prime minister.

The lies continued until some of their members decided to talk and reveal all the secrets of the Brotherhood, exposing them to everyone, despite their constant denial.

In his book, “To Connect the Dots”, Muslim Brotherhood Special Apparatus leader Ahmed Adel Kamal recalls details about the incident of Nokrashy Pasha.

In 1949, Nokrashy Pasha has decided to formally outlaw the Muslim Brotherhood and its activities in Egypt, declaring it an “illegal organization” as rumors of a Brotherhood coup against the monarchy and government had appeared.

Kamal says in the 224th page of his aforementioned book that Nokrashy knew that declaring the Brotherhood an illegal organization was a “foolish” and hasty move, so he ordered himself more security and surveillance.

Nokrashy used to often change his daily routes and the Muslim Brotherhood had to stake him out for days to know his patterns of movement and usual routes.

According to Kamal, on Tuesday, December 28, 1948, the guard force consisting of major Abdul Hamid Khairat, officer Habati Ali Habati and gendarme Ahmed Abdullah Shukri went to Nokrashy’s house to escort him.

They waited for him until he came down at 9:40 A.M. to ride in his car along with major Khairat. He reached the Interior Ministry’s building at 10:00 A.M. and entered it, heading towards the elevator and surrounded by his force of guards.

Nokrashy was gunned down by Abdel Meguid Ahmed Hassan, who was a veterinary student at the University of King Fouad I and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Ahmed Fouad, who supervised the preparation of the operation, gave Abdel Meguid a Beretta pistol and gave Galal a Colt pistol, and they agreed that Abdel Meguid will go to a café shop while Galal will go to the café shop in front of the Interior Ministry.

Abdel Meguid went to the café shop and received the phone call saying Nokrashy was on his way, so he entered the hall of the ministry’s building and waited for him to show up, and while he was on his way to the elevator, Abdel Meguid shot him dead.

As major Khairat was suddenly turning around, he clashed with Abdel Meguid who was rushing towards the other side to escape, but he tripped and the guards were able to arrest him.

The forensics report said the body of the victim has three injuries had three shots, which led to his death, pointing out that the attacker shot him from his left back, about a meter and a half away, injuring the left lung, liver, blood vessels and intestine, causing bleeding and a nervous shock.

The Manchester Guardian at the time, according to Adel, said that the murder of Nokrashy Pasha is a bad deed, which took place after a series of attacks committed by the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Guardian said Nokrashy Pasha passed away after his late decision to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood based on the threat they pose, and this was their answer to him.

Moreover, the Daily Telegraph said such crime will only be met with discontent and condemnation all over the world.

The Telegraph also added that Nokrashy Pasha had proven to be the strongest political man in Egypt, as he made a dangerous decision that only a brave many would take in the face of a terrorist organization such as the Muslim Brotherhood.

As for Ahmed Fouad, the man who planned the assassination scheme, had been transferred during the investigation to the city of Banha, and the police went with the prosecution to arrest him and search his house.

Investigations mention that he managed to deceive one of his fellow officers, rode a police car, and set out to escape, but was shot down by the police.

On Thursday, October 13, 1949, the court sentenced Abdul Meguid to death, while Counselor Muhammad Mukhtar Abdullah was full of anger as he said he was sorry he could not sentence Ahmed Fouad to death once again.

Other complicit criminals, namely Mohamed Malek, Atef Attiya, Shafiq Ibrahim, and Mahmoud Kamel, were sentenced to life in prison with labor.