# Italian court convicts three Egyptian agents over Giulio Regeni kidnapping

https://mins.news/en/item/77621

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-28 19:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/28/italian-court-convicts-three-egyptian-agents-for-kidnap-of-giulio-regeni?traffic_source=rss

> An Italian court sentenced three Egyptian security officials to 10 years in prison in absentia for aggravated kidnapping in the 2016 abduction of Cambridge student Giulio Regeni, whose tortured body was later found. A fourth defendant was acquitted. Egypt denies involvement, and strained relations make extradition unlikely.

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