The death of Barakat was widely grieved and condemned across Egypt. Hours after news of the assassination broke, all private satellite channels in Egypt suspended their programmes and mourned Barakat's death. On 30 June, Al Jazeera reported that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced that Rabaa Square would be renamed after Barakat. The square is the site of the August 2013 Rabaa massacre where more than 800 protesters were killed who were seeking the reinstatement of President Mohamed Morsi after he was deposed in a coup orchestrated by Sisi. This was later denied by sources at the presidency indicating that the naming of streets and squares is not within the purview of the president.