Italy to Charge Egyptian Security Officials in Studentâs Kidnapping, Murder
Indictments in 2016 killing of Giulio Regeni to be the first for alleged abuses by Egyptâs National Security Agency
Giulio Regeni, an Italian graduate student in Egypt, was found dead outside Cairo several days after his disappearance in 2016. Photo: Ropi/Zuma Press By Updated Dec. 10, 2020 11:17 am ET
ROMEâItalian prosecutors said they plan to charge an Egyptian security official with murder and three others with kidnapping in the killing of an Italian graduate student whose torture and death in 2016 became a global symbol of human-rights abuses committed by the Egyptian government.