The head of Egypt's independent union of street vendors reported Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni to police a few weeks before he disappeared and was murdered, an Egyptian prosecutor said in Rome. Rome's chief prosecutor Giuseppe Pignatone and Egyptian general prosecutor Nabeel Sadek met for the third time this year on Thursday and Friday to exchange information collected during their respective investigations. Regeni had been researching independent labor unions in Egypt for his doctorate studies at Cambridge University, and had been in contact with the leaders of the street vendors' union. The statement said there was a "common commitment" to overcome "technical obstacles" in recovering the video, without elaborating. The two prosecutors also said they renewed their commitment to exchange information and find the truth about Regeni's death.

Source: Egypt Independent September 09, 2016 16:30 UTC