CAIRO: The body of an Italian student who went missing in Cairo was found by the roadside with cigarette burns and other signs of torture, a senior Egyptian prosecutor said on Thursday.
Earlier on Thursday, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni had demanded “the truth” from Egypt over the unexplained death of Cambridge University student Giulio Regeni.
Speaking to national broadcaster RAI from London, Gentiloni urged Egypt to allow Italian experts to take part in the investigation into the 28-year-old's death "because we want the truth to come out, every last bit of it."
"We owe that much to a family that has been stricken in an irreparable way and, at the very least, has the right to know the truth."
In an incident threatening to badly sour diplomatic relations between the two countries, Regeni's half-naked and badly beaten body was found dumped in a ditch on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital on Wednesday.
The PhD student had suffered cigarette burns to his face and feet and had bruises and other wounds over his body, leaving prosecutors in no doubt that he was murdered.
Earlier on Thursday, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni had demanded “the truth” from Egypt over the unexplained death of Cambridge University student Giulio Regeni.
Speaking to national broadcaster RAI from London, Gentiloni urged Egypt to allow Italian experts to take part in the investigation into the 28-year-old's death "because we want the truth to come out, every last bit of it."
"We owe that much to a family that has been stricken in an irreparable way and, at the very least, has the right to know the truth."
In an incident threatening to badly sour diplomatic relations between the two countries, Regeni's half-naked and badly beaten body was found dumped in a ditch on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital on Wednesday.
The PhD student had suffered cigarette burns to his face and feet and had bruises and other wounds over his body, leaving prosecutors in no doubt that he was murdered.
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