Coptic children continue to be kidnapped in Al-Minya Governorate. Barely a week has passed since the last kidnapping and the township of Mallawī has already witnessed the kidnapping of another Coptic child. Security director of al-Minya, Ahmad Sulaymān, received a notification of the kidnapping of two boys, 11 and eight years old. The boys were on their way to school when masked men kidnapped them. The kidnappers have asked for 250 thousand Egyptian pounds in ransom. This follows a number of other kidnappings in the region (Muhamad al-Zahrāwī, al-Tahrīr, Mar. 12, p. 16). Read original text in Arabic.