The coffin of Italian student Giulio Regeni is carried during his funeral in Fiumicello, northern Italy, February 12, 2016. Italy demanded on Monday that Egypt catch and punish those responsible for the death of Regeni, whose body found tortured by a roadside in Cairo, and the Egyptian government dismissed suggestions its security services could have been involved. (Reuters)
Egypt says case of Italian student’s murder to be closed temporarily
Egypt’s public prosecutor said on Monday the person who killed Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016 was still unknown, and the organization’s file on the murder would be temporarily closed.
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Investigative authorities will continue the search for the killer, according to a statement that the prosecutor said was made jointly with Italian authorities.
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