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| - Prosecutors in Rome said on Thursday they planned to charge four Egyptian security officers over the torture and death of Italian student Giulio Regeni, at the culmination of a long investigation. Regeni, 28, a Cambridge University graduate in Egypt researching trade unions, was kidnapped in January 2016 and his mutilated body was later found on the outskirts of Cairo. His death sparked outrage in Italy and strained diplomatic relations between the two countries, with Italy's government accusing Egyptian authorities of non-cooperation. "We think we've collected elements of significant proof," Public Prosecutor Michele Prestipino told a parliamentary commission, where he announced the investigation was complete. "We are going to ask to begin a criminal action concerning certain members of the Egyptian security services," he said. "We owe it to the memory of Giulio Regeni." Regeni had been researching the sensitive topic of labour movements in Egypt when he disappeared. He had also written articles critical of the government under a pen name. Since his death, Italian investigators have rejected multiple theories over the cause put forward by Egyptian authorities, including that Regeni had been working as a spy, or that he was the victim of a criminal gang. The parliamentary commission heard that Regeni died of acute respiratory failure as a direct result of beatings from one of the suspects, Magdi Ibrahim Abdelal Sharif. He is accused of aggravated kidnapping, grievous bodily harm and murder. But the young man had suffered days of ill-treatment -- punched, kicked, burned and hurt with sharp instruments, causing him numerous injuries to his head, face, spine and lower limbs. Regeni's mother, Paola Deffendi, has previously said she only recognised her tortured son following his death by "the tip of his nose". On Thursday, Deffendi told reporters: "Giulio has become a mirror that reflects across the world how human rights are violated every day in Egypt." But she added: "Nothings stops us, our fight goes on." Late last month, Egypt said it would "temporarily close" its parallel investigation into Regeni's murder, saying Rome's accusations were based on insufficient evidence. Prestipino said relations with judicial authorities in Egypt during the course of the investigation were "laborous and complex". "For the murder of Giulio Regeni there will be only one trial and it will take place in Italy with procedural guarantees according to our laws," he added. An investigation into a fifth Egyptian was dropped. ljm-ams/ar/har
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