Trial opens in Rome of four Egyptians accused over Giulio Regeni killing

Defendants are being tried in absentia over kidnapping and murder of Italian student in 2016

Italy will again attempt to secure justice for an Italian student kidnapped and murdered in Cairo with the opening on Tuesday of a second trial of four Egyptian security officers accused over the killing.

Giulio Regeni, 28, had been conducting research when he was abducted in January 2016. His body was found nine days later, dumped on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital, bearing extensive signs of torture.