Two Coptic families of Barsha village, Minya, were shot yesterday in order to force them to pay royalties.

Police attempted to disperse a crowd of Copts demonstrating in the streets next to Jabal al-Tair police station after two month passed since a Coptic woman has disappeared.

Two Coptic Christian sisters accused a policeman of assaulting them in the street. They added that the officer and his wife have been bothering them for months.

Mandi Hani, 14 years old Coptic Christian child, was kidnapped in Thansha village, Minya. The kidnappers demanded 250.000 LE ransom to release him.

Copts in Jabal al-Tair, Minya, have demonstrated to demand the return of a kidnapped Coptic housewife. Police were reported and the matter is still under investigation.

Police in Minya have seized house of a Coptic man in Samalot after he was accused of celebrating the holy mass at his own house and trying to turn it into church without getting the due permits.

4 people were injured today in sectarian clashes between Muslims and Christians in Beni Amar vilage, Matay, Minya.

Police in Samalout, Minya, have released 14 Muslim and Christian defendants arrested in sectarian clashes in Ezbet Yacob because of church construction.

A Coptic old woman named Sedika Wahba was killed in mysterious circumstances before her dead body was found in the street in Minya.