An Egyptian delegation of
prosecutors and police officials is set to arrive in Rome late
Wednesday for meetings Thursday and Friday with Rome prosecutors
investigating the Cairo torture and death of Italian student
Giulio Regeni.
Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has vowed "immediate and
proportional action" unless there is a "change of pace" by
Egyptian authorities, whose several versions of Regeni's death
have so far sparked incredulity in Rome amid widespread rumours
Egyptian security forces may have been involved.
Egyptian President Mohamed Fatah el-Sisi has vowed to
provide full cooperation from now on.
Meanwhile an anonymous source claiming to be part of the
Egyptian secret police has written to Rome daily La Repubblica
accusing Egyptian authorities, including Sisi, of ordering
Regeni's abduction and revealing details of his torture, such as
beatings on the soles of his feet, that have never before been
made public but were known to Italian prosecutors, the Rome
daily said Wednesday.
And Cairo sources of Turin daily La Stampa said that the
person Egypt is willing to "sacrifice" to put an end to the
controversy over its perceived stonewalling is Generale Khaled
Shalabi, the high-ranking national-security official entrusted
with the Regeni case.
Shalabi, condemned by an Alexandria court in 2003 for
having tortured to death an Egyptian man and falsified police
reports, was restored to his position after the sentence was
suspended.
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