A young Coptic business from Abū Mannāꞌ village, Dishnā Township, west of Qena had been kidnapped and no ransom demanded to date. Despite lack of information on his whereabouts, the family of the kidnapped Marqus Salīm Wahbah has information that the kidnappers belong to one of the many gangs known to the people to be from the nearby village Naj' Saꞌīd. Upon negotiation between the family of the kidnappers and the criminals, they had agreed not to report to the police in exchange of returning Marqus back safe. However, the negotiations have been interrupted for no obvious reasons. According to the family of the victim, they will inform the police if Marqus is not returned (Mīnā Mihanná, al-Dustūr, Jan. 16, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.