When a mysterious plane was intercepted on August 14 in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, by local authorities, Karim Asaad, an investigative journalist working
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Egyptian authorities briefly detained a journalist working for a fact-checking platform following its coverage of a plane that was seized in Zambia along with its cargo after making a stop in Cairo. The platform, Matsda2sh, or Don’t Believe, said security forces arrested Karim Asaad early Saturday from his home in al-Shorouk neighborhood in eastern Cairo. The platform accused security forces of assaulting Asaad’s wife and threatening their child while detaining the journalist. The platform said security forces asked Asaad about its extensive coverage of a mysterious plane intercepted in Zambia earlier this month after making a stop in Cairo. The outlet reported late Sunday he was released.