Regeni murder: Italy to begin trial against suspected Egyptians
Al Jazeera
According to activists, the trial in Rome sends a an important message, but none of the high-ranking agents is expected to attend.
Four high-ranking members of Egypt’s security forces will go on trial in Rome on Thursday, after a years-long investigation into the murder of Giulio Regeni.
The 28-year-old postgraduate student disappeared in Cairo on January 25, 2016. Nine days later, his body was found on the side of a highway in the Egyptian capital bearing extensive signs of torture.
Italian prosecutors will present their case in the bunker room of the Rebibbia prison against three members of Egypt’s National Security Agency (NSA), and one officer of Cairo’s investigative police force.
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