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November 21, 2019The trial against Americans Finnegan Lee Elder and Cristian Gabriel Natale Hjorth, held responsible for the murder of the carabiniere Mario Cerciello Rega, who was stabbed on July 26th, will start next February 26th in front of the first Assize Court in Rome. in the Prati district. It was decided by the investigating judge Chiara Gallo accepting the request for immediate judgment requested a week ago by the prosecutor's office.

In addition to the murder, the two young Californians are also charged with the crimes of attempted extortion, resistance to a public official, injuries (in relation to the attack suffered by the military Andrea Varriale, a colleague of Cerciello Rega), port and detention of the knife. The investigation was closed by the Carabinieri of the Investigative Unit, coordinated by the acting attorney Michele Prestipino and by the adjunct Nunzia D'Elia.

The two American students are currently detained in the Regina Coeli prison. The attack took place near the "Le Meridien" hotel in the Prati district. Cerciello, who had gone together with Varriale in via Pietro Cossa to retrieve the bag that the two Americans had taken a few hours earlier from the pusher intermediary Sergio Brugiatelli, was joined by 11 stab wounds by Finningan during a scuffle.