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Regeni murder: Egypt denies Italy phone record request | Regeni murder: Egypt denies Italy phone record request |
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Egypt has rejected a request by Italy for phone records relating to the death of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo earlier this year. | Egypt has rejected a request by Italy for phone records relating to the death of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo earlier this year. |
A senior Egyptian prosecutor said handing over the records would violate his country's constitution. | A senior Egyptian prosecutor said handing over the records would violate his country's constitution. |
He told reporters that Italy had sought all phone records for areas where the student had stayed, where he went missing and where his body was found. | He told reporters that Italy had sought all phone records for areas where the student had stayed, where he went missing and where his body was found. |
Rights groups have suggested security forces were to blame for the murder. | Rights groups have suggested security forces were to blame for the murder. |
However Egypt says a criminal gang was behind his death. | |
Egypt's Deputy Prosecutor Mustafa Suleiman told a news conference in Cairo that the number of phone records requested by Italy could reach up to one million. | Egypt's Deputy Prosecutor Mustafa Suleiman told a news conference in Cairo that the number of phone records requested by Italy could reach up to one million. |
Handing these over, he said, would "violate the constitution" and "constitutes a crime". | Handing these over, he said, would "violate the constitution" and "constitutes a crime". |
Mr Suleiman, who took a team of Egyptian officials to Italy this week, said his country would continue to co-operate with the Italian investigation into the killing of Regeni. | Mr Suleiman, who took a team of Egyptian officials to Italy this week, said his country would continue to co-operate with the Italian investigation into the killing of Regeni. |
On Friday Italy recalled its ambassador Maurizio Massari for consultation over the case. | On Friday Italy recalled its ambassador Maurizio Massari for consultation over the case. |
Many in Italy think he could have been targeted by the Egyptian intelligence services because of his research. | Many in Italy think he could have been targeted by the Egyptian intelligence services because of his research. |
Giulio Regeni's murder: What we know | Giulio Regeni's murder: What we know |
The 28-year-old disappeared on 25 January. His mutilated body was found in a ditch on the outskirts of Cairo on 3 February. | The 28-year-old disappeared on 25 January. His mutilated body was found in a ditch on the outskirts of Cairo on 3 February. |
Egypt's initial autopsy report said Giulio Regeni had been hit on the head with a sharp instrument. | Egypt's initial autopsy report said Giulio Regeni had been hit on the head with a sharp instrument. |
But evidence of torture came to light in a second autopsy by Italian doctors. | But evidence of torture came to light in a second autopsy by Italian doctors. |
As a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, Mr Regeni researching trade unions and labour rights in Egypt, a sensitive topic in recent years. | As a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, Mr Regeni researching trade unions and labour rights in Egypt, a sensitive topic in recent years. |
Rumours about possible involvement of Egypt's security services in the killing have been reported by the Italian press, activists and opposition groups. | Rumours about possible involvement of Egypt's security services in the killing have been reported by the Italian press, activists and opposition groups. |
Cairo investigators have suggested that Mr Regeni was kidnapped and killed by a criminal gang posing as members of Egyptian police. | Cairo investigators have suggested that Mr Regeni was kidnapped and killed by a criminal gang posing as members of Egyptian police. |
Police then said they had killed all five members of the alleged gang in a raid and recovered some of Mr Regeni's personal belongings. | Police then said they had killed all five members of the alleged gang in a raid and recovered some of Mr Regeni's personal belongings. |
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