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An Egyptian forensics official has told the public prosecutor’s office that the autopsy he conducted on an Italian student showed that he was interrogated for up to seven days before he was killed, two prosecution sources said. The findings are the strongest indication yet that the student, Giulio Regeni, was killed by Egyptian security services because they point to interrogation methods like burning with cigarettes in intervals over several days, which human rights groups say are the hallmark of the security services. A Interior Ministry spokesman said he knew nothing about the matter. The prosecution sources said that Hisham Abdel Hamid, director of the Department of Forensic Medicine, told prosecutors last week that “the wounds on the body occurred over different intervals of between 10-14 hours,” an investigator in the prosecutor’s office said. Mr. Regeni, 28, disappeared on Jan. 25. He was researching the rise of independent labor unions and had written articles critical of the Egyptian government, the Italian newspaper that published them said. His body was found in a ditch on Feb. 3. Forensics and prosecution officials have said his body showed signs of torture and that he was killed by a blow to the head with a sharp object. An Egyptian forensics official has told the public prosecutor’s office that the autopsy he conducted on an Italian student showed that he was interrogated for up to seven days before he was killed, two prosecution sources said. The findings are the strongest indication yet that the student, Giulio Regeni, was killed by Egyptian security services because they point to interrogation methods, like burning with cigarettes in intervals over several days, that human rights groups say are a hallmark of the security services. A Interior Ministry spokesman said he knew nothing about the matter. The prosecution sources said Hisham Abdel Hamid, director of the Department of Forensic Medicine, told prosecutors last week that “the wounds on the body occurred over different intervals of between 10 to 14 hours,” an investigator in the prosecutor’s office said. Mr. Regeni, 28, disappeared on Jan. 25. He was researching the rise of independent labor unions and had written articles critical of Egypt’s government, the Italian newspaper that published them said. His body was found in a ditch on Feb. 3. Forensics and prosecution officials have said that his body showed signs of torture and that he had been killed by a blow to the head with a sharp object.