An Egyptian lawyer who knew Giulio
Regeni said he had noted "clear signs of anxiety" in the Italian
student in the days before he was abducted on January 25, the
heavily policed fifth anniversary of the uprising that ousted
former strongman Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian daily Al Ahram said
Tuesday, citing sources close to the probe into Regeni's torture
and death.
As well, a woman friend reported that the young researcher
advised her not to go out on the anniversary of the uprising
because of possible "acts of violence", the daily said.
Another daily, Al-Akhbar, said that the Egyptian security
apparatus and the seven Italian investigators in Cairo had wound
up their questioning of 24 witnesses and friends and neighbours
of Regeni.
Al-Akhbar, a pro-government daily, also said a
"high-ranking security source" had "raised the possibility that
Regeni "was betrayed by one of those responsible for his
activities" at the Anglo-American think tank Oxford Analytica.
This person, the source said, may have "decided to get rid
of him after profiting from the information" provided by the
young researcher, who was working on Egyptian trade unions.
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