Press review based on: Al-Wafd, September 20, 2009 (p. 7); Al-Miṣrī al-Yawm, September 19, 2009 (p. 3); Al-Dustūr, September 18, 2009 (p. 1), September 19, 2009 (p. 14), September 21, 2009 (p. 12);

An armed man stabs a Coptic man to death in a village in Munūfīyah, and continues on his motorbike to stab two others in neighboring villages. While some sources attribute the crime to financial conflicts, people consider it another episode in persecution against Copts. The criminal was arrested and security sources hint at possible mental disturbance.