Claudio and Paola Regeni, the
parents of the Italian researcher Giulio Regeni, have vowed not
to give up until they find out the truth about who tortured and
killed their son.
"In Egypt they should know that we will not give up, not even
in the future," they said during a press conference on Wednesday
called by the Italian national press body in Rome.
They stressed that "we are in an important phase. We will not
give up. The fact that five people have been put under
investigation is a large step forward and this came because we
stuck to it. We will continue our battle until we find out the
truth."
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
Mahmoud Najem.
Regeni's parents thanked all those who have stood by them
over the past 34 months, including many on social media.
"We are a team," they said.
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".
Egypt has put out several explanations for his death
including a car accident, a gay lovers' tiff turned ugly and a
kidnapping for ransom in which the alleged gang, criminals but
presumably innocent of the Regeni murder, were wiped out.
Regeni, from the northern Friuli region, was researching
Egyptian street sellers' unions for Cambridge University, a
politically sensitive issue.
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