Italy demands student’s killers be brought to justice in Egypt

Italy has demanded Egypt catch and punish those responsible for the death of student Giulio Regeni, whose tortured, half-naked corpse was found in a roadside ditch in Cairo last week.

Mr Regeni, a 28-year-old graduate student at Britain’s Cambridge University, had been researching independent trade unions in Egypt and had written articles critical of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government.

The incident has strained ties between Rome and Cairo, which has made no arrests so far.