A Carabiniere whose colleague
was stabbed to death by an American man after a mix-up over a
drugs deal in Rome in late July has been placed under
investigation for not bringing his service revolver to the
meeting with the two young Americans, military prosecutors said
Monday.
Andrea Varriale, who was with Mario Rega Cerciello on the
night he was killed, is being probed for "failure to carry out
his duties", in what prosecutors said was a formality.
Both officers were therefore without their guns when
Cerciello was allegedly stabbed eleven times by 19-year-old
Finnegan Lee Elder.
Elder has confessed to stabbing Cerciello Rega while his
friend, Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth, 18, assaulted Varriale
at the end of a chain of events sparked by a drugs deal that
went wrong.
Both Americans have filed to be released.
A ruling is expected later this month.
photo: Cerciello murder scene
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