2 Jersey City slaying victims' bodies flown home to Egypt after Coptic funeral

Source:
NJ.com
Date of source:
16 Feb 2014
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On the same day their accused killer appeared in court on a shooting and robbery charge, the bodies of two Jersey City men were shipped home to Egypt yesterday via Egypt Air.

A funeral service for Hanny F. Tawadros, 25, and Amgad A. Konds, 27, was held at noon Wednesday at St. George & St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church on Bergen Avenue in Jersey City. Their remains departed from Kennedy Airport in New York yesterday and were flown to Cairo, Egypt.

Authorities say Yusuf Ibrahim, also of Jersey City, shot them dead in Jersey City, cut off their heads and hands, and buried them in two separate shallow graves behind an Atlantic County home.

St. George and St. Shenouda Pastor Rev. David Bebawy said the men attended services at the church, but he did not know for how long or how often. Bebawy said as far as he knew, the men had no family members in the United States.

The victims’ bodies were received by Michalski Funeral Home in Downtown Jersey City on Sunday and the funeral was arranged by and paid for by the church in Journal Square.

Ibrahim, 27, is being held on a $3.3 million cash only bail and is charged with shooting the men in their chests in Jersey City last week during a dispute in a white Mercedes Benz belonging to one of the victims. Ibrahim was arrested in Bayonne on Sunday, officials said.

Ibrahim made his first court appearance Thursday on two counts of murder. Yesterday, the court was cleared due to security concerns and Ibrahim was handcuffed and his feet were shackled when he was returned to CJP to make his first appearance on an outstanding armed robbery warrant.

The victim of the Sept. 20 robbery at Yale and Mallory avenues in Jersey City was struck in the head with a handgun and shot in the left foot.

New Jersey State Police are conducting the investigation into the murders and have released no information on a possible motive, and few details on the investigation and allegations.