Egyptian officials convicted of kidnapping Cambridge student found dead in 2016

Giulio Regeni's tortured body was found days after he went missing on a research trip to Egypt in 2016, while studying at Cambridge University.

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3 Egyptian Officials Convicted of Kidnapping Slain Italian Student

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The verdict followed a decade-long effort in Italy to account for the killing of Giulio Regeni, an Italian researcher who disappeared in Cairo in 2016.

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Egyptian officials convicted of kidnapping Cambridge student found dead in 2016

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3 Egyptian Officials Convicted of Kidnapping Slain Italian Student

The verdict followed a decade-long effort in Italy to account for the killing of Giulio Regeni, an Italian researcher who disappeared in Cairo in 2016.

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