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US students accused of Italy cop murder brace for trial

Police officer Mario Cerciello had just returned to work from his honeymoon when he was killed in the botched drugs bust.

Two US students go on trial in Italy on Wednesday over the fatal stabbing last year of a policeman in Rome during a botched drug bust.

Finnegan Lee Elder and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, teenagers at the time of the attack last July, have been charged with killing newlywed Mario Cerciello Rega, 35, who was stabbed 11 times. They face a life sentence if convicted.

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