Regeni case can only be closed by truth

(ANSAmed) - Brussels, March 6 - Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said he would "raise the question" of tortured and slain Italian researcher Giulio Regeni with his Egyptian counterpart Shoukry during a meeting of European ministers on Monday. "I will tell him that as far as we are concerned the case can only be closed before the word 'truth'. There are no words that are subordinate to truth," Alfano said.
    Regeni, 28, went missing in the Egyptian capital on January 25, 2016, on the heavily policed fifth anniversary of the uprising that ousted former strongman and president Hosni Mubarak.
    His severely tortured, mutilated body was found on February 3 in a ditch on the city's outskirts.
    Egypt has denied speculation its security forces, who are frequently accused of brutally repressing opposition, were involved in the death of the Cambridge doctoral student.