Three gangsters failed to kidnap a Coptic doctor in Tama, Suhag. Police had received information about their plan to kidnap the doctor and the gangsters were arrested while trying to kidnap him.

Police in Suhag has arrested Imam and Muezzin belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood on charges of assaulting churches and police stations in the governorate.

Sohag Security Directorate announced the state of maximum alert in order to secure the churches in the feast of Epiphany.

Sohag prosecution ordered the imprisonment 3 of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood for 15 days pending investigations after they were accused of inciting violence and planning to attack public and private properties including churches in Sohag governorate in Upper Egypt.

3 elements of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization were sent to jail for 15 days pending investigation.

Police have arrested a student who belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood and charged him of attacking, burning and looting St. George Cathedral in Suhag

The wreckage of the Coptic school in Suhag caused great disagreement between the Diocese of Suhag and education directorate.

Abba Pachom, Bishop of Sohag, told Copts United that the year 2014 was so painful for Coptic Christians and for Egypt in general that witnessed many terrorist attacks and sad events.

Copts of Nag Shenouda in Sohag complained they have no church to pray or celebrate Christmas. The village has more than 500 Coptic families who donated a piece of land dedicated to build the church, but the permits are hindered since 1971.

Abba Bachum, Bishop of Sohag, told Copts United that the Copts are suffering from inside and outside wars and terrorism aiming to destroy their unity and get the church involved in internal conflicts.

Ramy Youssef, member of Copts of Suhag coalition, told Copts United that many churches in the governorate need restoration, but the law and fanaticism of many officials hinder the work.

12 elements of the Muslim Brotherhood were sent to jail for 15 days pending investigation on charges of inciting violence and joining a terrorist organization.

A regular fight between two students, Muslim and Christian, was used by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood to incite a sectarian strife at National Unity Secondary School in Koshah village.

Security sources in Suhag said, the Ministry of the Interior sent security enhancements to control the situation and protect churches and mosques at Suhag prior to the expected violence and sabotage acts on 28 November.

Gunmen have attacked a pharmacy owned by a Coptic man called Robir Gamal and killed him.

4 gunmen kidnapped a Coptic Christian young man called Medhat Gamil at his farm in Sohag.

Security services in Suhag have arrested two suspects of the Muslim Brotherhood on charges of burning the Church of St. George in Suhag.

Two Coptic brothers were shot today in front of their house by masked gunmen.

Dr. Nabil Nour El-Din, president of Suhag university, told Copts United that there is no place for politics in the university.

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a Coptic woman and her four years old son as well as a five years old daughter at gunpoint in Suhag at daytime.

Directorate of Education in Sohag issued a decision to ban talking in politics inside schools of Suhag.