His family said he was charged with “collecting information of a military facility” after the authorities discovered the photo. Abulkasem and his family declined to say what caused Egyptian authorities to release him. He and a friend went to visit Egypt for a week, as his family previously resided in the port city of Alexandria. According to Nawaz, after Abulkasem handed over his phone for inspection, officials discovered images with an Egyptian military helicopter in the background, which they found suspicious. A Foreign Office spokesperson tsaid: “The Foreign Office provided consular assistance to a British national following his arrest in Egypt.

Source: The Guardian December 10, 2018 11:37 UTC