The brother of Hattan Shata, a Saudi citizen who went missing in Egypt announced on Wednesday that his brother’s body has been found, according to the Al-Ekhbariya TV channel.
The cause of death is still under investigation.
The Saudi Embassy has expressed its condolences to the family of the deceased and has pledged to provide them with all necessary support.
The Saudi Embassy in Cairo had issued a statement last Thursday regarding the disappearance of a citizen in the Egyptian capital.
The Saudi Embassy in Egypt confirmed that since the first day of the disappearance of citizen Hattan bin Ghazi Shata in Cairo, it had initiated its procedures and contacts with the official and security authorities in Egypt, which immediately began search and investigation procedures for the citizen and the circumstances of his disappearance.
The embassy added in its statement at the time that the Egyptian security authorities had used their surveillance cameras, where they were able to record his exit from the area in which he lives in the Fifth Settlement neighborhood before his disappearance.
This is a developing story.