Govt ordered Regeni death

(ANSA) - Rome, April 14 - An Egyptian former police officer told L'Espresso news magazine in an interview that his country's government ordered Italian student Giulio Regeni killed, according to interview excerpts out Thursday.
    "It is impossible for the Cairo government to actually cooperate with Italy (on the investigation) because the top echelons of command are involved," said the former officer, who has been living in the United States since 2008.
    "(Egyptian President Abdel Fattah) el-Sisi may hand over an officer," he said. "He would serve three years in some castle, and then get promoted".
    The article also cites witness testimony from survivors of the "bunkers where al-Sisi's executioners carry out their tortures".
    "I'm surprised you've resisted this long," General Mohamed Elfaham, who is in charge of the Al Aqrab prison south of Cairo, is quoted as saying.
    "This prison is made so that whoever comes in, either dies or loses his mind".