Egyptian police reportedly found a bag with the belongings of slain Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni during a Thursday raid on an apartment belonging to the sister of one of the gang members killed during a shoot-out with police earlier in the day. According to a statement from the Ministry of Interior, police forces raided a Qalyubiya apartment belonging to the sister of one of the slain gang members, Tarek Saad Abdel Fattah. In the apartment, they found a red handbag with Regeni’s wallet, passport, student identification cards for Cambridge University and the American University in Cairo, a credit card, two cellphones, three sunglasses, EGP 5,000, as well as a women’s wallet and wristwatch and 15 grams of a “dark piece that resembles hashish.” Upon questioning, Abdel Fattah’s wife, who was also present at his sister’s apartment, confirmed that the bag belonged to Abdel Fattah but denied she knew anything about it or its contents. The statement went on to say that investigations into the gang members led to the discovery that they were behind various incidents of mugging and impersonation. Although the statement includes a list of various theft and…
Egypt Police Say Link Established Between Slain Gang Members and Giulio Regeni
March 24, 2016
