Egyptian and Italian prosecutors
investigating the torture and murder of Italian student Giulio
Regeni in Cairo earlier this year are slated to meet in Rome on
September 8 and 9, officials said Monday.
The meeting is being held on request of the Rome
prosecutor's office, which is conducting the Italian side of the
investigation.
Prosecutor Giuseppe Pignatone and Egyptian Attorney General
Nabil Ahmed Sadek will attend what will be the third such
meeting since the beaten, stabbed, burned, mutilated and
partially unclothed body of Regeni, 28, was found dumped in a
ditch on the outskirts of Cairo on February 3, a week after his
disappearance on the night of January 25.
An autopsy subsequently revealed he had been tortured for
days, and that someone ultimately killed him by snapping his
neck.
Egypt has offered up a number of explanations for the young
man's condition and his death - including a gay lovers' quarrel,
a car crash, and a kidnapping for ransom gone wrong - none of
which Italy has found convincing.
The first meeting between prosecutors and investigators
from both countries took place March 14 in the Egyptian capital,
and the second took place April 7 in Rome.
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