US students appear in Italian court over police officer murder
(The Guardian Italy)

Trial opens of pair accused of murdering officer during botched drugs bust in RomeTwo US students have appeared in an Italian court on the first day of their trial over the fatal stabbing last year of a police officer during a botched drugs bust.Finnegan Lee Elder, 20, and fellow student Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth, 19, are charged with murdering Mario Cerciello Rega in central Rome on 26 July in an incident that shocked Italians. Related: Rome police officer allegedly killed by US students was unarmed Continue reading...