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Giulio Regeni murder: Italy recalls ambassador to Egypt | Giulio Regeni murder: Italy recalls ambassador to Egypt |
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Italy has recalled its ambassador to Egypt for consultations over the murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo. | |
It comes a day after Egyptian officials briefed their Italian counterparts on the investigation into the killing. | It comes a day after Egyptian officials briefed their Italian counterparts on the investigation into the killing. |
Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni tweeted (in Italian) that Italy wanted "one thing only: the truth about Giulio". | |
Rights groups have suggested security forces were to blame, but Egypt says a criminal gang was behind his murder. | Rights groups have suggested security forces were to blame, but Egypt says a criminal gang was behind his murder. |
Regeni, 28, disappeared on his way to meet a friend on 25 January. His body, mutilated and showing signs of torture, was found in a ditch on 3 February. | |
Correspondents say that there is a feeling in Italy that the Egyptian authorities are not moving fast enough in their investigation. | |
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has said Italy will not settle for what he called a "convenient truth". |