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#MahallaChild: Abducted Egyptian boy, whose kidnapping video went viral, returns home

An Egyptian boy, whose kidnapping went viral across the country, has returned home following a police raid against the perpetrators, says Egypt’s interior ministry.

The shocking video showed two masked men violently grabbing the child from next to his mother, before driving away.
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