Italian court convicts three Egyptians in absentia for kidnap of slain student Regeni

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Italian court convicts three Egyptians in absentia for kidnap of slain student Regeni

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An Italian court convicted three Egyptian security officials in absentia for the 2016 kidnapping of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo. The court dismissed a murder charge against one of the defendants; Regeni’s tortured body was found days after he disappeared.

By Crispian Balmer and Marco Roberti ROME, Sept 28 (Reuters) - An Italian court on Monday convicted three Egyptian security officials in absentia for the 2016 kidnapping of student Giulio Regeni, whose tortured body was found days after his disappearance in Cairo, but dismissed a murder charge against one defendant.

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