Italian claim: The Egyptians thought Regeni was a British spy. Italy accuses four Egyptian security personnel of kidnapping and killing Regeni in Cairo in 2016.
The prosecution is calling for a total of 73 people to testify, including 27 who live in Egypt. Egypt blamed a group of gangsters for the murder after initially indicating that Regeni died in a road accident or in the circumstances of a sexual assault.. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni went to Cairo on Sunday as part of a European delegation that signed a “strategic partnership” worth billions of euros with Egypt.