 A preliminary hearing has opened in Rome for four high-ranking members of Egypt's security forces who are under investigation for general-ledged roles in the torture and killing of Italian student Gilles Reggiani. The killing took place in Cairo in 2016. Italian prosecutors asked the judge and Thasti to have the four senior members of Egypt's security services send for trial over their suspected role in the disappearance and murder of Reggiani. The four Egyptians were being tried in Rome in absentia. The Rome prosecutors accused the four officials of the aggravated kidnapping of Reggiani and in addition say one of them, Major Marc D. Chari from General Intelligence should be charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated murder.