(ANSA) - Fiumicello, February 12 - All one thousand
available seats were filled at the funeral ceremony on Friday
for Giulio Regeni, the Italian doctoral research student who was
brutally murdered in Egypt.
The ceremony took place in a gymnasium in Regeni's hometown
of Fiumicello, about 35 kilometres northwest of Trieste in the
northern region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Flags at all of the region's public offices flew at
half-mast on Friday and the region's website displayed a black
mourning ribbon on its homepage.
Businesses and public offices in Fiumicello were closed on
Friday for a citywide day of mourning, with only coffee bars and
restaurants open specifically to serve the large number of
mourners and press in town to cover the funeral.
About one thousand additional mourners gathered outside of
the gymnasium to pay their respects.
Thousands mourn slain Italian student
Town of Fiumicello closed for mourning, flags at half-mast