Rome monitors death of Egyptian student in the UK

Prosecutors in Rome have opened an investigation into the death of an 18-year-old Egyptian student in Nottingham in the UK. As previously reported in Legalbrief Today, Mariam Moustafa died on Wednesday after she was assaulted by a group of women on 20 February. Because she was born in Rome, an Italian prosecutor has asked the UK authorities to share details of the investigation. BBC News reports that investigators say they are keeping an ‘open mind’ about whether the attack on Moustafa, an engineering student at Nottingham College, was racially motivated. A 17-year-old female, who was arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning grievous bodily harm, remains on bail.

Full BBC News report