Unidentified assailants kidnapped a Saudi businessman on business trip in Cairo, in order to blackmail his family, al-Bawaba News reported Wednesday. Hassan Ali Sanad was visiting Cairo to accomplish business, when he was kidnapped in mysterious conditions. His family denied that the kidnap is stemmed out of political reasons, affirming that the kidnappers want ransom to return him. His son, Ali, thanked the Saudi embassy in Cairo for its efforts to reach the kidnappers, and return his father safely to the kingdom. "The Saudi embassy, in cooperation with Egyptian authorities, are focusing their investigation to arrest the perpetrators as soon as possible," Ali Sanad told Saudi newspaper al-Riyadh.