Italy has recalled its ambassador to Egypt for consultations over the murder of student and researcher Giulio Regeni in Cairo.
The decision came on Friday following a meeting where Egyptian officials briefed their Italian counterparts on the investigations related to the crime.
Rights groups have suggested security forces were to blame, but Egypt says a criminal gang was behind his murder, BBC reported.
The 28-year-old, who was researching labour unrest and independent trade unions – a politically-sensitive topic in Egypt – went missing on 25 January, the fifth anniversary of the start of Egypt’s revolution, amid an unprecedented security crackdown.
The Italian foreign ministry said it had recalled Ambassador Maurizio Massari for an urgent evaluation of what steps to take to ascertain the truth about the barbaric murder of Giulio Regeni.
Egypts probe into the death of Mr Regeni came under strong criticism after successive and sometimes contradictory accounts were issued by the Egyptian authorities.
Many in Italy think that Mr Regeni could have been targeted by the Egyptian intelligence services because of his research on trade unions and activism, according to the BBC report.
The Egyptian team indicated that they were still considering the possibility the student was abducted by an anti-foreigner criminal gang whose members all died in a police shoot-out last month.
In a statement, the Italian prosecutor reiterated his conviction that there are no elements to directly link the gang to the torture and death of Giulio Regeni.
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