Viral Kidnapping Video in Giza Debunked by Security Investigations

A widely circulated video claiming a girl was kidnapped in Giza has been found false after police investigations revealed it was a family retrieving their missing daughter.

• The Interior Ministry said the video was false and that no kidnapping occurred.
• Police received a report on July 6 about a missing 16‑year‑old girl in Bani Suef.
• The family located the girl in Giza's Al‑Haram district and retrieved her using a microbus.
• A passerby filmed the scene and falsely claimed it was a kidnapping, causing the video to circulate.