Rome prosecutors have put five
Egyptian officials under investigation in relation to the death
of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni in Egypt in 2016, sources
said on Tuesday.
The officials are members of a secret services department and
of an investigative police unit in Cairo, the sources said.
They are probed for alleged involvement in kidnapping,
according to the sources.
They were named as General Sabir Tareq, colonels Usham Helmy
and Ather Kamal, and major Magdi Sharif, as well as agent
Mhamoud Najem.
Regeni, 28, disappeared in Cairo on January 25, 2016, the
heavily policed fifth anniversary of the uprising that felled
former strongman Hosni Mubarak, and his mutilated body was found
in a ditch on the road to Alexandria on February 3.
His parents said they could only recognise him "from the tip
of his nose".
Regeni, from the northern Friuli region, was researching
Egyptian street sellers' unions for Cambridge University, a
politically sensitive issue.
The head of the Cairo street sellers' union said he flagged
up Regeni to the security services.
Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said
Tuesday that Italy wanted the names of the people responsible.
"We have been waiting for three years," Salvini said.
"I want to maintain good relations with Egypt and I'll do
everything to have good economic, cultural, trade and social
relations with a friendly country.
"But as an Italian, I expect the names and surnames of the
culprits".
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