Egypt to probe into deaths of 2 citizens in U.S., U.K.

The Egyptian public prosecutor ordered Thursday to open investigations on the recent deaths of two Egyptian citizens in the United States and the United Kingdom, a statement from the prosecutor's office said.

Public Prosecutor Nabil Sadeq ordered the Egyptian concerned authorities to contact the two Western countries and get official copies of their investigation and forensic reports on the killing of the two Egyptian citizens.

The statement says Mohamed Mahmoud Roushdi was reported missing in Indiana State on April 20, 2016, and his body was found in a large dustbin with marks of torture on it.

The body of another Egyptian citizen, Sherif Adel Habib Michael, 21, was found in a burnt car at a garage in South Hall, London.

Some British media said Michael was rescued from the garage in London that collapsed due to a massive fire, but he breathed his last in a nearby hospital due to serious burns.

Egypt has been facing Western criticism over the murder of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni, whose tortured, half-naked body was found on a roadside in Cairo nine days after his disappearance in late January.

The Regeni case has cast shadow on the Egypt-Italy relations as Italy and some other Western states, including the United States and the United Kingdom, hint at involvement of the Egyptian police in the killing of the 28-year-old PhD student. Endit