Foreign min following case of dead boy at Sharm

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 7 - The Italian foreign ministry is following with the utmost attention the tragic case of Andrea Mirabile, a six-year-old Sicilian boy who died of suspected food poisoning in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday, the ministry said Thursday.
    The Italian embassy in Cairo and the honorary consulate at Sharm, in close liaison with the foreign ministry, immediately contacted the competent local judicial and medical authorities, which opened an investigation following the boy's death.
    The embassy and ministry are likewise working to assure, as soon as possible, the return of (the boy's parents) to Italy and the prompt repatriation of the boy's body. (ANSA).