The Egyptian investigative team probing the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni refused to submit phone records to Italian officials, causing the rise in tensions that culminated in the withdrawal of Italy’s ambassador to Egypt, a deputy Egyptian prosecutor said on Saturday. “This demand goes against the constitution and the law and is a crime for anyone who does it and we told them that the public prosecution is doing this itself (looking at phone records) and will give you the results,” Reuters quoted Mustafa Suleiman as saying in a news conference. Suleiman was a member of the Egyptian team that had met with their Italian counterparts on Thursday to present a 2000-word report on investigation into the torture and murder of 28-year-old Regeni, including testimonies from 200 witnesses “connected” to Regeni. According to Suleiman, Italy requested phone records belonging to as many as one million phone users but the Egyptian team “reiterated its absolute refusal,” despite Italy making this demand as a requirement for further cooperation between the two countries on the case. Suleiman also said that Italy had requested video footage from the metro station where Regeni was last…
Egypt Rejected ‘Unconstitutional’ Request to Share Phone Records With Italy: Prosecutor
April 9, 2016
