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Giulio Regeni: Egypt allows CCTV footage to be examined | Giulio Regeni: Egypt allows CCTV footage to be examined |
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Egypt has agreed to allow Italian and German experts to retrieve and examine CCTV footage related to the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni, the public prosecutor's office has said. | Egypt has agreed to allow Italian and German experts to retrieve and examine CCTV footage related to the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni, the public prosecutor's office has said. |
They will try to view footage from a Cairo metro station, where Regeni is thought to have been last seen alive. | They will try to view footage from a Cairo metro station, where Regeni is thought to have been last seen alive. |
Regeni disappeared on 25 January 2016, the fifth anniversary of the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. | Regeni disappeared on 25 January 2016, the fifth anniversary of the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. |
His body was found with signs of torture nine days later in a ditch. | His body was found with signs of torture nine days later in a ditch. |
The 28-year-old Cambridge University PhD student was doing field work in Egypt on trade unions - a contentious issue in Egypt - and activism. | The 28-year-old Cambridge University PhD student was doing field work in Egypt on trade unions - a contentious issue in Egypt - and activism. |
Egyptian prosecutors said they approved a request from Italy to send in experts, as well as data recovery experts from Germany. | |
The local police probe into the killing was criticised last year after sometimes contradictory accounts were issued by the authorities. | The local police probe into the killing was criticised last year after sometimes contradictory accounts were issued by the authorities. |
No-one has been arrested over Mr Regeni's death, although in March Egyptian authorities said they had found a criminal gang responsible for his kidnapping and murder. | No-one has been arrested over Mr Regeni's death, although in March Egyptian authorities said they had found a criminal gang responsible for his kidnapping and murder. |
All the gang members were killed in a shoot-out, they said. The reports were branded "implausible" by academics who have criticised the Egyptian authorities. | All the gang members were killed in a shoot-out, they said. The reports were branded "implausible" by academics who have criticised the Egyptian authorities. |
Police initially suggested Mr Regeni had been killed in a road accident, and have since offered little information on the progress of their investigation. | Police initially suggested Mr Regeni had been killed in a road accident, and have since offered little information on the progress of their investigation. |
In September prosecutors said that police investigated Mr Regeni shortly before his abduction, torture and murder, but the inquiry was dropped after concluding he posed no threat. | In September prosecutors said that police investigated Mr Regeni shortly before his abduction, torture and murder, but the inquiry was dropped after concluding he posed no threat. |
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