Italy again probes Egyptian officials over 2016 student death in Cairo

Giulio Regeni, a 28-year-old postgraduate student at Cambridge University, went missing in Cairo, Egypt's capital, in January 2016. His body was discovered on the side of a highway nine days later, bearing extensive signs of torture. The circumstances surrounding his abduction and murder remain unclear, but human rights activists have suggested that the injuries were consistent with widespread torture methods. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, former premier Matteo Renzi, and former Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni are among the names on the witness lists for the trial related to Regeni's case. The exact timeline of events varies slightly between sources; some report that Regeni disappeared on the Cairo metro on January 25, while others state it was on the day he was found. However, all agree that his body was discovered mutilated and unrecognizable, with his mother identifying him by the tip of his nose. The Egyptian government has been accused of being "openly hostile" to attempts to try the suspects in this case.