Italian prosecutors ask judge to try Egyptian officers over Regeni murder

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators from Amnesty International hold placards outside the Egyptian embassy in support of Giulio Regeni, who was found murdered in Cairo two years ago, in London, Britain, February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors asked a judge on Tuesday to have four senior members of Egypt's security services sent for trial over their suspected role in the disappearance and murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016.

Regeni, a postgraduate student at Britain's Cambridge University, disappeared in the Egyptian capital in January 2016. His body was found almost a week later and a post mortem examination showed he had been tortured before his death.