Renzi demands truth on Regeni from Egypt

(ANSA) - Rome, February 12 - Premier Matteo Renzi said Friday that Egypt's friendship with Italy means that it must find and disclose the truth about the brutal murder of 28-year-old Italian researcher Giulio Regeni in Cairo. "It's a dramatic case and I once again I express my condolences to Guilio's family and I say what we have already said to the Egyptians - friendship is a precious thing and it is only possible with the truth," Renzi told Radio Anch'io. Regeni's burned, cut, and mutilated body was found dumped in a ditch on February 3 after he went missing on January 25 - the fifth anniversary of the uprising that ended the regime of Hosni Mubarak. Investigators believe the brutal killing may be linked to an article Regeni wrote under a pseudonym after being photographed by unknowns at a December 11 independent Egyptian trade union meeting. Regeni's funeral is being held in his home town of Fiumicello in the northern Friuli-Venezia Giulia on Friday.