Egypt's General Prosecutor Nabil Sadek agreed on Sunday to a request by the Italian prosecutor-general to send Italian and other experts from a specialized German company to retrieve CCTV footage, that could help in revealing the circumstances behind the murder of Italian student Gulio Reggini in Cairo last year. In an official statement by the Egyptian prosecution, Sadek agreed to the request in the frame work of continued cooperation between the Egyptian and Italian prosecutors to resolve the one-year-old case, which led to strains in relations between the two countries.
The CCTV footage to be retrieved are those caputred by security cameras at Dokki's Metro station, which reportedly recorded the last images of the Italian student before his disappeared on 25 January, 2016.
Sadek also urged Egyptian security agencies to finalise their investigations on the incident.
The decision by Egypt's Sadek comes two days after Italy's foreign minister Angelino Alfano told the Italian parliament that his country will not rest until it uncovers the truth behind the murder.
Alfano affirmed that cooperation between Italian and Egyptian prosecutors “has produced fruitful results.”
Regeni had been in Cairo for several weeks conducting research on independent trade unions, when he went missing on the fifth anniversary of Egypt's 2011 Revolution.
His body was found on 3 February on a roadside on the outskirts of Cairo bearing signs of torture.
Egypt has strongly rejected suggestions that security forces were involved in Regeni's murder.
In December, Egypt's prosecutor-general visited Rome to discuss developments in the investigation, the fifth such meeting between Egyptian prosecutors and their Italian counterparts since the murder.
Sadek assured the parents of Regeni of Egypt's commitment to achieving justice in the case during the visit.
