A 22 year old man was arrested for killing an English expat living in Upper Egypt's Luxor, security sources said. The alleged killer was arrested hours after Egyptian authorities found the body of a foreigner in a garbage bag, late Wednesday.

The corpse of the middle-aged man found with a gunshot wound in his chest turned out to be of 60 year old Nicolas James, who had been living in Egypt for the past 12 years, the sources added to Ahram Arabic news web site. 

The alleged murderer is currently being questioned, however the police investigation, according to security sources, proved that the reason behind the murder was a personal dispute.