Italy premier demands truth from Egypt in slaying


Italy's premier insisted Friday that his country's friendship with Egypt can only exist
"if the truth emerges" about the death of an Italian doctoral student who was doing research in Cairo.

A moment of Giulio Regeni's funeral in Fiumicello, Northern Italy, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. Premier Matteo Renzi, in remarks on Italian state radio, was keeping up the political pressure on the Egyptian government to find and bring to justice whoever tortured and killed Giulio Regeni, who had been living in Cairo for a few months to research Egyptian labor movements for his doctorate from Cambridge University. (Alberto Lancia/ANSA via AP Photo) ITALY OUT

Premier Matteo Renzi, in remarks on Italian state radio on the day of slain student Giulio Regeni's funeral, kept up the political pressure on the Egyptian government to find and bring to justice whoever tortured and killed the young man.

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