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Prosecutors in Egypt have shelved a case that fuelled Egypt s #MeToo movement, saying there is insufficient evidence .
A woman alleged in a social media post last year that she was drugged and gang raped at the five-star Fairmont Nile City Hotel in Cairo in 2014.
Following a nine-month investigation the four suspects in the case have now been released, prosecutors said.
But they added that the case could be reopened if new evidence came to light.
In a statement, prosecutors said they had pursued the suspects last year by enforcing travel bans and issuing international arrest warrants for three of the men from Lebanon.
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image captionThe attack was alleged to have happened at the Fairmont Nile City Hotel in Cairo
Prosecutors in Egypt have shelved a case that fuelled Egypt s #MeToo movement, saying there is insufficient evidence .
A woman alleged in a social media post last year that she was drugged and gang raped at the five-star Fairmont Nile City Hotel in Cairo in 2014.
Following a nine-month investigation the four suspects in the case have now been released, prosecutors said.
But they added that the case could be reopened if new evidence came to light.
In a statement, prosecutors said they had pursued the suspects last year by enforcing travel bans and issuing international arrest warrants for three of the men from Lebanon.
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