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Italy summons Egyptian ambassador over students death
Giulio Regeni. Photo via Twitter

Rome - His body showed signs of torture, officials said on Thursday.

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Published: Thu 4 Feb 2016, 2:36 PM

Last updated: Thu 4 Feb 2016, 4:45 PM

Italy's Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned the Egyptian ambassador to Rome to express concern about the suspicious death of an Italian man in Cairo and to urge a joint investigation, according to a statement. 
The ministry's director general, Michele Valensise, "urgently" summoned Egyptian Ambassador Amr Mostafa Kamal Helmy after the body of 28-year-old Giulio Regeni, a graduate student at Britain's Cambridge University, was found on Wednesday. 
An Egyptian prosecutor says the body of a missing Italian student had signs of torture and "slow death," including multiple stab wounds and cigarette burns.
The prosecutor, Ahmed Nagi, who leads the investigation team on the case, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the body of Giulio Regeni was found a day earlier on the side of a highway outside Cairo after being missing since January 25.
Nagi said the body was found naked from the waist down. He said the cause of death was still being investigated.
The ministry said it expected "maximum collaboration at all levels in light of the exceptional gravity of what happened". 
"In his country's name, Helmy expressed profound condolences for Regeni's death and assured us Egypt will cooperate fully in finding those responsible for this criminal act," the statement said.


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