Four senior Egyptian security officials were tried in absentia in a Rome court on Tuesday, accused of kidnapping, torturing and killing an Italian doctoral student in Cairo in 2016.
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Italian Prosecutors Seek Trial For Four Egyptians Over Regeni Murder
Italian prosecutors said on Thursday they planned to charge four senior members of Egypt s security services over their alleged role in the disappearance and murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016.
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ROME: Italian prosecutors said on Thursday they planned to charge four senior members of Egypt’s security services over their alleged role in the disappearance and murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016.
In a statement, the prosecutors said all four were suspected of taking part in the “aggravated kidnapping” of Regeni. It said one of them, a major in Egypt’s general intelligence, also faced charges of “conspiracy to commit aggravated murder”.
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By Crispian Balmer and Domenico Lusi
ROME, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors said on Thursday they planned to charge four senior members of Egypt s security services over their alleged role in the disappearance and murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016.
In a statement, the prosecutors said all four were suspected of taking part in the aggravated kidnapping of Regeni. It said one of them, a major in Egypt s general intelligence, also faced charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated murder .