The victim, a student at the Faculty of Medicine at Al-Azhar University, was arrested on February 13, 2018 in front of the Railway Club in Nasr City, and has not been brought before any investigating body yet.

Al-Sawah, along with his brother Osama, have been subjected to enforced disappearance since the same day they were arrested. Their family sent telegrams to the Public Prosecutor, the Prime Minister, and a complaint to the National Council for Human Rights, and their whereabouts have not yet been determined.