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SPECIAL JOURNALISTIC REPORT: Written by Ali Afifi (The Penitent Thief)
The World’s Most Renowned Criminal: “Afifi” Severs His Own Hands Under a Train After 5,000 Robberies to Declare His Repentance!
By: Ali Afifi
Tanta — Gharbia Governorate
Introduction: Out of the Depths of the Soul
Within the human soul lie deep secrets and hidden conflicts, and within the paths of redemption are stories that cause the forehead to perspire with sweat, balancing on the edge of utter astonishment and denial. However, what we are dealing with today is not a scene from an absurd theatrical play, nor is it a passing sentence in a short fictional story woven by the imagination of a creative writer. Instead, it is a living, tangible reality related by a young Egyptian man from the depth of the Egyptian countryside—specifically, from the village of Meet Habeesh Al-Qibliya, located in the Tanta Center of the Gharbia Governorate.
This is Ali Mohamed Afifi, 25 years old, once notoriously known in the alleys of his town as “Ali Al-Sarokh” (Ali the Rocket), but who is known today by the title closest to his heart: “Ali Al-Ta’eb” (Ali the Penitent). This young man has been classified as one of the strangest criminal and human cases in the world. After crime exhausted him and his carnal soul wore him down—turning his life and the life of his family into an enduring hell—the obsession with salvation overcame him. His thinking eventually led him to the strangest and harshest method of purification in the modern era: to place his hands beneath the wheels of a speeding train.
5,000 Robberies and the Burning Hell of Conscience
Afifi was not just a passing thief; he was a professional to a degree that makes the number of his crimes shocking. He confesses to having carried out approximately 5,000 robberies throughout his career in the criminal underworld. Despite this extensive history, the young thief lived an astonishing human paradox. Recalling his memories with tears mixing in his eyes, he says:
”I robbed a lot of people, but I used to steal and still show sympathy to the poor. I used to buy gifts and toys for children… I lived in a constant conflict between committing a sin and the desire to do good.”
This glaring contradiction brought him no peace. Instead, the illicit money turned into a curse that haunted him in both his sleep and his waking hours, reducing his family life to ashes. With repeated failures to quit his addiction to stealing voluntarily, Afifi felt that the hand extending toward sin would never cease until it was uprooted from its very core. Consequently, he decided to enforce the legal punishment (Had) upon himself, without waiting for the law or a judiciary.
Self-Trial on the Tracks of the Tanta Train Station
Ali Afifi chose the Tanta Train Station to serve as the courtroom for his own unique justice. On the iron tracks, he waited for an oncoming train approaching at a breakneck speed. With absolute steadfastness and a suicidal bravery, he placed his first hand down to be crushed by the heavy iron wheels.
”Ali the Penitent” describes those terrifying moments, saying:
”My name is Ali Afifi, and my nickname is Ali the Penitent. I am 25 years old. I severed my first hand years ago under a train at the Tanta station, without undergoing any anesthesia. The physical pain was unbearable, but the pain of conscience and the fear of dying as a sinner was much sharper and harsher.”
The tragedy did not stop there. He entered into a bitter conflict with his father and family, who were deeply shocked by his actions. The situation ended with them placing him in a psychiatric and neurological hospital out of a desire to protect him from himself and to seek treatment. However, as soon as he was discharged, he felt that his repentance was not yet complete. The remaining hand still posed a threat to his covenant with God. About a year and a half ago, he repeated the act, placing his second hand beneath the wheels of a train. From that moment on, everyone began calling him “The Penitent Thief”.
”I Am the First Person in the World to Apply God’s Law to Himself”
Ali Afifi knows full well that the story of a person voluntarily severing his own hands to rid himself of the sin of theft is an account that surpasses the collective mind’s capacity for belief and transcends the boundaries of cinematic imagination. Therefore, he addresses a direct message to everyone reading the details of his life:
”I know that the majority will not believe me and will consider my story a figment of imagination, but I invite all skeptics to visit my village and ask about my story and what I did to myself.”
He continues with a tone blending pride with spiritual relief:
”I am proud that I was a thief and repented. I am the first person in the world to apply God’s law and the punishment for theft to himself without a judicial ruling. Therefore, I justly deserve the title of the One Who Repented to God.”
From the heart of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and from a small village in the Egyptian Delta, the story of “Ali the Penitent” remains a testament that reality sometimes writes scripts that exceed the fiercest international dramatic novels in their strangeness and psychological intensity. The two hands repented after they were buried beneath the tracks, and the owner remained without limbs, but—according to his belief—he won back his soul and his conscience.
Identification Card and Official Profile
Name: Ali Mohamed Afifi (Famous as “Ali Al-Ta’eb” / “Ali Al-Sarokh”)
Age: 25 years old
Address: Meet Habeesh Al-Qibliya Village, Tanta Center, Gharbia Governorate, Arab Republic of Egypt.
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