Egyptian Public Prosecutor Hamada al-Sawy met with Italian Ambassador Giampaolo Cantini at the headquarters of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Cairo to hand over to Cantini two official copies of the Public Prosecution’s reports on the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni, in Arabic and Italian. The Egyptian Public Prosecution concluded its handling of the case by a temporarily report stating that there is no reason to file a criminal case due to the lack of information on a perpetrator, and assigned research authorities to intensify its investigations. During the meeting, the Public Prosecutor stressed the necessity of submitting all the papers handed over to the Italian ambassador before the court hearing the case in Italy. The Egyptian Public Prosecution and the Italian General Prosecution of Rome issued a joint statement in December regarding the latest developments in the 2016 killing of the Italian PhD student, Giulio Regeni, in Cairo. The Regeni case has strained ties between Egypt and Italy, which previously recalled its ambassador in Cairo over the case.
