Italian inquiry into Giulio Regeni’s death heads to Cambridge

Parliamentary delegation to hold talks with university in effort to shed light on student's killing in Egypt

An Italian parliamentary delegation is to travel to Cambridge this week to hold talks with the university over the 2016 death of the postgraduate student Giulio Regeni, who was abducted and killed in Cairo while researching Egyptian trade unions.

Four senior members of Egypt's powerful security services were last year charged by a Rome judge over their suspected role in the disappearance and murder of the 28-year-old Italian. The trial will take place in absentia after the Egyptian state refused to recognise the Italian legal process or extradite the four suspects.