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IMO 1999 Shortlist Question 9

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Question 9

G3 (EST), IMO1. A set $S$ of points in space will be called completely symmetric if it has at least three elements and satisfies the following condition: For every two distinct points $A,B$ from $S$ the perpendicular bisector of the segment $AB$ is an axis of symmetry for $S$.
Prove that if a completely symmetric set is finite, then it consists of the vertices of either a regular polygon, a regular tetrahedron, or a regular octahedron.