Four Egyptian security officers will go on trial in absentia in Italy on Thursday for the brutal killing in Cairo five years ago of Italian student Giulio Regeni.
One of the autopsies performed on the body of a 28-year-old Italian man found slain in Egypt in 2016 found that he suffered "inhuman, animal-like" violence. On Thursday,.
Regeni, 28, an Italian student at Cambridge University, was abducted in January 2016. His body, bearing extensive signs of torture, was eventually found dumped on the outskirts of Cairo.
ROME, Oct 14 The trial of four Egyptian security officers for the brutal killing in Cairo five years ago of Italian student Giulio Regeni opened in absentia in Rome today. The officers stand accused of kidnapping, conspiracy to murder and grievous bodily harm in the case, which sparked outrage.