After twelve years old, Abanoub Ashraf, was kidnapped in front of St. Paul, Shubra Al Khaimah, ransom demanded by abductors has reached 5 million EGP.

Amir Ayad, member of Maspero Youth Union, founder of Christian Brotherhood group, and member of the fact-finding committee investigating the torture and imprisonment of Copts in Libya, was found Saturday morning at Al-Helal Hospital; with signs of torture across his body, after he had disappeared near the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Moqattam.