Assassination of an Egyptian diplomat in Geneva in 1995: charges filed by the Office of the Attorney General
Bern, 16.8.2024 - In November 1995, the then deputy head of the Egyptian mission’s trade office in Geneva was shot dead in an underground garage. The criminal proceedings in the matter initiated by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) had to be suspended in 2009 as the perpetrators could not be identified. New findings prompted the OAG to reopen the criminal proceedings in 2018. It is now filing charges against a 54-year-old male Ivorian-Italian dual national and a 49-year-old female Swiss-Italian dual national with the Federal Criminal Court.