The banished family of a notable Copt in al-‘Āmrīyah of the name of Abū Sulaymān opened fire on the locals who gathered outside the house of Murād Girgis, the young Copt who started all the trouble in the area, but his neighbors secured his exit with his property from the area.

Sāfī ‘Abd al-Wanīs, a Coptic member of the ‘urfī panel set up in an attempt to defuse the crisis, said the shaykhs and Muslim preachers refused Abū Sulaymān’s request to leave the village from a religious perspective but agreed for security reasons.