President el-Sisi of Egypt Apologizes to Victim of Sexual Assault in Tahrir Square during his inauguration Festivities

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt apologized on Wednesday to the victim of a mass sexual assault that took place in a crowd celebrating his election, declaring in a televised visit to her hospital bed that he urged every soldier, police officer and “chivalrous man” to eradicate such abuse.

“I apologize to you, and as a state, we will not allow this to happen again,” Mr. Sisi said. “I am here to tell you and every Egyptian woman I apologize to all of you.”

Mr. Sisi’s visit and apology, on his third day in office, were orchestrated to convey his determination to combat sexual violence against women. It was a far more forceful expression of personal commitment than was ever made by his predecessors, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose military ouster Mr. Sisi led last year, or Hosni Mubarak, who was forced to resign amid a popular uprising in 2011.

Escalating reports of such assaults in the three years of protests and tumult since the ouster of Mr. Mubarak have outraged many Egyptians, and Mr. Sisi’s apology followed two days of renewed public uproar after the release on Sunday of an online video showing flashes of a brutal attack on the woman in Tahrir Square.

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