Italian Student in Cairo Was Murdered Over His Research, Prosecutor Says
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Italian Student in Cairo Was Murdered Over His Research, Prosecutor Says
In the letter, Mr. Pignatone said prosecutors had worked well to "prevent the investigations from ending up on the wrong track." Two weeks ago, Italian prosecutors questioned Maha Abdelrahman, Mr. Regeni’s doctoral supervisor at Cambridge University,
and seized her computer and cellphone as part of their investigation.
26, 2018
ROME — An Italian doctoral student brutally killed in Cairo had been in the cross hairs of Egyptian surveillance services until the day of his disappearance,
and he was murdered over research he had been carrying out into Egypt’s independent labor unions, a senior Italian prosecutor has said.
Mr. Pignatone ended his letter by praising Mr. Regeni’s parents and their "unending efforts in the search for truth and justice." He pledged
that Italian prosecutors would do all they could to "bring to justice those responsible for the kidnapping, torture and murder of Giulio," he wrote.
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Egyptian officials have repeatedly denied having had any hand in the death of Mr. Regeni, who moved to
Cairo in 2015 to look into Egypt’s labor unions for his thesis at Cambridge University in Britain.
In the letter, Mr. Pignatone said prosecutors had worked well to "prevent the investigations from ending up on the wrong track." Two weeks ago, Italian prosecutors questioned Maha Abdelrahman, Mr. Regeni’s doctoral supervisor at Cambridge University,
and seized her computer and cellphone as part of their investigation.
26, 2018
ROME — An Italian doctoral student brutally killed in Cairo had been in the cross hairs of Egyptian surveillance services until the day of his disappearance,
and he was murdered over research he had been carrying out into Egypt’s independent labor unions, a senior Italian prosecutor has said.
Mr. Pignatone ended his letter by praising Mr. Regeni’s parents and their "unending efforts in the search for truth and justice." He pledged
that Italian prosecutors would do all they could to "bring to justice those responsible for the kidnapping, torture and murder of Giulio," he wrote.
that Pub
Egyptian officials have repeatedly denied having had any hand in the death of Mr. Regeni, who moved to
Cairo in 2015 to look into Egypt’s labor unions for his thesis at Cambridge University in Britain.