Egyptian real estate tycoon Hisham Talaat Mustafa was charged on Tuesday with paying $2m for the brutal killing of Lebanese pop singer Suzanne Tamim in a Dubai flat in July. Tamim, 30, was stabbed several times and her throat cut, allegedly by a retired policeman paid by Mustafa. Mustafa runs the Talaat Mustafa Group real estate conglomerate, worth several billion dollars. He is also a stalwart of the ruling National Democratic Party and member of the Shura Council Egypt's upper house of parliament.
http://www.ameinfo.com/
