Minya security forces arrested a gang specialized in kidnapping the Copts in Sharona village. Police were reported that several Copts were kidnapped by the gang for ransoms.

5 people were injured and 8 were arrested in sectarian clashes between Muslims and Christians in Sharona village in Minya.

A young Coptic man was killed in a quarrel with Muslim neighbors in Minya. Ashraf Thabet, 33 years old, was killed affected by his wounds after he was stabbed several times by a knife. Police were reported and the matter is currently under investigation.

Minya security forces were able to arrest the killers of Coptic farmer. They confessed that they killed the victim by stabbing him several stab wounds because of a financial dispute between them.

Villagers in Sylla village in Minya found a dead body thrown in an unattended farm. After investigating the matter, police found out the dead body belongs to a Coptic man called Eid Rashid Gergis, 55 years old who lives nearby.

Father Stephen Shehata, agent of Samalout Bishopric, said that Samalout Bishopric waiting for permissions to start building church of the martyrs in Awr village.

Father Stephen Shehata, agent of Samalout Bishopric, said that opening of St. Mary Church in Galaa village, Samalout, will be very soon. The building has been completed and there are currently no sectarian problems between Muslims and Christians in the village.

Four people were injured in a fight between a Coptic and Muslim family in Sharona village, Minya. A carpentry workshop and a house were also destroyed during the fight.

A young Copt man called A.A., 19 years old, lives in Malawi, has committed a suicide in his apartment.

Assiut prosecutor summoned the student Mariam Malak Zekri, a student in Saft Alkhmar High School in Minia Governorate who got zero mark in secondary school final exams despite her superiority over the past years.

Assiut prosecutor summoned the student Mariam Malak Zekri, a student in Saft Alkhmar High School in Minia Governorate who got zero mark in secondary school final exams despite her superiority over the past years.

Dead body of the old Coptic man Hanna Fahim Shehata was found in Mallawy. Investigations showed that the 70 years old man was killed in a car accident. Police were reported and the matter is still under investigation.

Old Copt called Hanna Fahim Shata, lives in village of Royal Navy in Mallawi, he is a worker in in the Catholic church in Mallawi.

Mohammed T., 29 years old, resident in Droah village, in Minya, was arrested in accusation of kidnapping Coptic citizens.

A man called T. Farouk Faragalla threw Molotov Cocktails on a Coptic house, today morning. Gamal Farouk, teacher, said that the criminal has attacked his house with Molotov Cocktails but it did not cause any injuries.

Abba Athanasius, Bishop of Beni Mazar and Bahnasa, has got a clot in his right leg while he was heading the prayers of the Holy Mass at St. Mina And Pope Kyrilos VI church in Bani Mazar. His holiness is still in hospital.

Some militants attacked a Coptic family who live in Samalout, in Minya. It’s worth mentioning that they have been threatened with death and the seizure of their house.

Fanatics from Arab Asmant village in Abu Qurqas Center has prevented Christians from praying inside the church in the village and called for the demolition of the church.

A Muslim and a Christian men were injured in sectarian clashes in Mallawi in Menya between a Copt called Saber Ramzy Masaood, 40 years old, owner of a mechanic workshop, and a Muslim man called Ali Yehia, 3o years old in a disagreements on repairing a car.

Police in Minya succeeded in releasing kidnapped Copt called Issa Henry Shamrokh, 65 years old, lives in Dermoas in Minya, who was kidnapped by unknown persons while he was on his way to work in his agricultural Land.

Abba Makarios, General bishop in Minya, told Copts United that there are several mutual visits between Bishops of Minya and other Bishops upon request of Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See.