Italian court convicts three Egyptians for kidnapping slain student Regeni
ROME, Sept 28 (Reuters) - An Italian court on Monday convicted three Egyptian security officials of involvement in the 2016 kidnapping of student Giulio Regeni, whose tortured body was found days after his disappearance in Cairo. The three men were sentenced to 10 years in jail, while a fourth Egyptian defendant was acquitted. Regeni, a postgraduate student at Britain's Cambridge University,…
A Rome court convicted three Egyptian security officers of kidnapping and torturing Italian student Giulio Regeni, who was killed in Cairo in 2016. The officers were found guilty in absentia and sentenced to 10 years in prison each. Regeni's body was found nine days after his abduction, severely mutilated and bearing evidence of torture.
The case has strained Italy's diplomatic relations with Cairo. The second trial was successful after the previous attempt was dismissed due to procedural issues. One of the defendants, General Tariq Sabir, was acquitted. The court ruled that Regeni was mistaken for a foreign spy and killed while conducting research on Egyptian trade unions. Italy could demand damages from Egypt for the case.
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