Diplomacy
Three Egyptian Security Officials Sentenced to 10 Years for Kidnapping Italian Student
BBC · 5 hours ago · Read the Full Story on BBC
AI SUMMARY
A Rome court has sentenced three Egyptian security officials in absentia to 10 years in prison for the 2016 kidnapping and murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni.
- A Rome court sentenced three Egyptian security officials to 10 years in prison for kidnapping Italian student Giulio Regeni.
- The 28-year-old victim was a doctoral student at Cambridge University and disappeared while visiting Egypt in 2016.
- Regeni suffered torture and his mutilated body was found dumped in a ditch near Cairo days after his disappearance.
- The three convicted officials were tried in absentia and denied the charges, while a fourth Egyptian defendant was acquitted.
- Egyptian and Italian prosecutors reached conflicting conclusions during their initial joint investigation.
- Egyptian authorities previously blamed criminal gangs, a car accident, a failed drug purchase, or robbery, denying government involvement.
- The Rome prosecutor's office maintained that the Egyptian National Security Agency participated in the crime.
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