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Italy set to name Egyptian suspects over disappearance of student: sources

People attend a candlelight procession during the first anniversary of the disappearing of Giulio Regeni, the Italian student abducted, tortured and murdered in Egypt, in front of the Chamber of Deputies in Rome, Italy on January 25, 2017. (Photo by Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Italian prosecutors will next week place under official investigation two members of Egypt’s security forces over their alleged involvement in the 2016 disappearance of student Giulio Regeni, judicial sources said.

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