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Egyptian kidnappings

Illustrative: Egyptian policemen driving on a road leading to the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish, July 26, 2018. (AFP/Khaled DESOUKI)
January 17, 2019, 4:09 pm
Terrorists kidnap Christian man in Sinai
Police say they pursued the kidnappers after the incident, killing one and wounding two, but could not free the hostage
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This image made from a militant video posted on a social media site on Wednesday, August 5, 2015, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, purports to show a militant standing next to another man who identifies himself as 30-year-old Tomislav Salopek, kneeling down as he reads a message at an unknown location. (Screen capture via AP)
August 14, 2015, 9:35 am
Croatia says 2 groups involved in Egypt abduction
Oil surveyor Tomislav Salopek, said beheaded this week by Islamic State, was first nabbed by criminal gangs
By Aida Cerkez
Egyptian army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle, backed by a helicopter gunship, during a sweep through villages in the northern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, in May 2013. (AP)
May 22, 2013, 8:52 am
Seven security men kidnapped in Sinai freed
Captors release 6 policemen, border guard hours after Egyptian army’s mass sweep near Gaza-Israel border
May 19, 2013, 7:36 pm
In video, kidnapped Egyptian officers beg Morsi for their release
Blindfolded soldier compares captive men’s plight to that of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, asks Cairo to release top terrorist
By AP and ToI Staff
May 19, 2013, 5:40 pm
Egypt closes Israeli crossing in protest of abductions
Police block Awja commercial crossing following kidnap of fellow officers last week
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of an Egyptian armored personnel carrier (APC), in Sinai, along the border with Israel. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
May 17, 2013, 11:41 pm
State of alert declared in Sinai after kidnappings
International peackeeping forces operating in the peninsula ordered to exercise caution
By Adiv Sterman and AP
Illustrative photo of an Egyptian armored personnel carrier (APC), in Sinai, along the border with Israel. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
May 17, 2013, 12:42 pm
Egypt closes Gaza crossing following abductions
Rafah border terminal to remain closed until 7 Egyptian security personnel are released
By ToI Staff and AP
Christian farmer Ishaq Aziz cradles a picture of his daughter, 17-year-old schoolgirl, Nirmeen, who went missing on Valentine's Day and had not been seen or heard of since, in the Minya town of Matai, Egypt, March 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Thomas Hartwell)
April 5, 2013, 1:05 am
Kidnappers target Christians in Egyptian province
Victims, church leaders claim authorities less likely to investigate crimes against the community
By Hamza Hendawi
Amir Omar Hassan (photo credit: Channel 2 screenshot)
March 22, 2013, 11:58 pm
Egyptian official: Kidnapped Israeli will soon be released
Bedouin say they are holding Amir Omar Hassan hostage until the Egyptian government releases two men currently imprisoned in Cairo
By ToI Staff
File: Israelis vacation at a Sinai beach resort in 2006. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
March 22, 2013, 1:18 pm
Israeli tourist kidnapped in Sinai contacts family
Arab Israeli says he was nabbed with two girlfriends by Bedouin in Sinai; Arab MK says attackers did not specifically target Israelis
By ToI Staff
Bedouin in northern Sinai, October 2004 (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 7, 2013, 4:15 pm
Kidnapped British tourists in Egypt freed
Bedouin tribesmen behind brief abduction; incident is latest in series of similar actions
By Asher Zeiger
Rev. Michel Louis, 61, left, and 39-year-old Lissa Alphonse, second right, rest after their release at a police station in El Arish, in the northern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Monday. (photo credit: AP)
July 16, 2012, 7:52 pm
Bedouin releases two Americans and guide in Sinai
Rev. Michel Louis and Lissa Alphonse from Boston go free after officials promise to help get kidnapper’s uncle released from prison
Monastery at St. Catherine in the Sinai desert, believed by many to be the site of biblical Mount Sinai (photo credit: CC BY-SA 3.0, by Gerard Janot, Wikimedia Commons)
July 15, 2012, 4:19 am
Family fears for the life of American pastor kidnapped in Sinai
Rev. Michel Louis, a diabetic, is one of three US citizens abducted while on a church trip in Egypt
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