Egyptian police detained Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni “as part of a security sweep” prior to his murder, police and intelligence sources told Reuters. However, the reports were slammed by the Ministry of Interior as ‘unfounded’ and ‘false’. The Ministry vowed to pursue legal action for the reports, it said in a statement. The Ministry of Interior said the Reuters report is “devoid of any truth” and that the ministry “holds the right to take legal action against propagators of these rumors and false news.” Egyptian Streets could not independently verify Reuters’ report that police were involved in Giulio Regeni’s case prior to his death. According to the news wire’s exclusive report, Regeni was picked up near Gamal Abdel Nasser metro station in downtown Cairo by plainclothes police officers on January 25, the day he was reported missing, and taken to Izbakiya police station. After being held at the police station for 30 minutes, Regeni was transferred to a state security compound run by Homeland Security. The sources did not clarify to Reuters what happened to Regeni following his transfer to the state security compound. Speaking to three police sources, Reuters…
Egypt Slams Reports Police ‘Had Giulio Regeni in Custody’ Prior to His Murder
April 21, 2016
