Italy's thread 15 June 2019

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Both students of John Cabot University in Rome...

 

Names un-released so far

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US student reportedly confesses to killing police officer in central Rome

 

Mario Cerciello Rega was repeatedly stabbed early on Friday in a crime that has shaken Italy

 

Reuters

Sat 27 Jul 2019 01.49 BST Last modified on Sat 27 Jul 2019 12.04 BST

 

 

Police work on the crime scene where Mario Cerciello Rega, an officer with the Carabinieri military police, was stabbed early Friday

Photograph: Angelo Carconi/EPA

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/26/us-student-reportedly-confesses-to-killing-police-officer-in-central-rome

 

Their names: Christian Gabriel Natale Hjorth and Elder Finnegan Lee  ( 19 and 20 y.o.) allegedly from California

Edited July 27, 2019 by umbertino

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https://nypost.com/2019/07/27/italy-detains-2-americans-19-in-slaying-of-policeman/

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Latest

2 Americans confess to stabbing police officer to death after drug deal gone wrong in Rome, authorities say

• By
• mark osborne
• andphoebe natanson

Jul 27, 2019, 5:56 AM ET

 

 

 

https://abcnews.go.com/International/americans-confess-stabbing-police-officer-death-drug-deal/story?id=64602848

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The (intertwined) tragic stories of  Michele Sindona (AKA the financial Wizard) and Giorgio Ambrosoli ( a competent and honest man)

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Sindona

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Ambrosoli

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 27, 2019 by umbertino

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Tonight on an Italian TV channel I'm going to watch " Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" which will be  shown of course  dubbed in Italian  ...It's a US movie..

 

I'll watch it with much interest

 

The Italian title  is "Amanda Knox: La storia senza fine" ( A.X.  The endless story)

 

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/58105-amanda-knox-murder-on-trial-in-italy?language=it-IT

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Questions over blindfolded US teen in police custody

 

26 July 2019

 

 

 

The photo of Christian Gabriel Natale Hjorth blindfolded was leaked to social media.

 

 

http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/8367

 

 

That's more than horrible.....Waiting to hear Carabinieri's clarifications / explanations about that photo

 

It was obviously my moral duty  to show the article and pic for all to see on this (with mostly US Folks) Forum....A matter of intellectual honesty.....

Edited July 28, 2019 by umbertino

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Hundreds attend wake of Italian police officer allegedly killed by two American tourists

By Valentina Di Donato, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Sarah Dean, CNN

Updated 1942 GMT (0342 HKT) July 28, 2019

 

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/28/europe/italy-police-killing-americans-arrested-intl/index.html

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Italy's News on Euronews

 

 

https://www.euronews.com/tag/italy

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S.F. Chronicle article

 

 

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Teen-suspects-in-Italian-policeman-slaying-ID-d-14191638.php

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Emotional funeral for Carabiniere officer killed in Rome

Rega considered a hero for his work on and off duty

 

Redazione ANSA Somma Vesuviana

29 July 201915:38 News

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2019/07/29/emotional-funeral-for-carabiniere-officer-killed-in-rome_052ed04c-449c-4708-ad8e-d298dfc7cb8d.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carabiniere homicide suspects 'devoid of self control'-judge

American pair to be kept in jail as 'danger to society'

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

29 July 201914:20 News

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2019/07/29/carabiniere-suspects-devoid-of-control_4758a938-f3e7-405d-b1a0-b82790d6de02.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PM Conte condemns blindfolding of American suspect in police homicide case

'Italy is a state of law' says premier

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

29 July 201912:58 News

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2019/07/29/conte-condemns-blindfolding-of-police-homicide-suspect_46fc3110-75c9-4346-aa27-09fb2a041b9c.html

 

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Live | Funeral of Italian policeman as picture of blindfolded US murder suspect investigated

 

 

 

Celebrated in Somma Vesuviana ( his birthplace) near Naples

Edited July 29, 2019 by umbertino

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Slain Carabiniere was 'attacked immediately,' had no time to react

Cerciello Rega forgot his gun but it wouldn't have made any difference say police

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

30 July 201913:39 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2019/07/30/carabiniere-was-attacked-immediately-2_85495439-6cf8-43a5-8b9e-f783afd5e7eb.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below article showing knife "Trenknife" ( Kabar Camillus  type) 18cms (7.086 inches) long blade

with which Carabiniere Mario Rega got stabbed eleven times by Elder Finnegan Lee

 

 

https://www.adnkronos.com/fatti/cronaca/2019/07/30/esclusivo-ecco-coltello-che-ucciso-carabiniere_UKbpSN9HrFq9DUSiUh2LSJ.html?refresh_ce

 

 

 

 

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Neighbors, Classmates Describe Bay Area Teens Accused In Fatal Stabbing Of Italian Policeman

 

By Da LinJuly 27, 2019 at 9:02 pm

 

 

 

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/07/27/2-bay-area-teens-jailed-italy-for-cop-killing/

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Another screwup by our Minister of Interiors

 

Son's police jet-ski joyride lands Salvini in hot water

 

31 July 2019

 

 

Photo credit: La Repubblica

 

 

 

http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/8384

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salvini authorises Gregoretti migrants to disembark

 

31 July 2019

 

 

 

http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/8375

 

Same ole comedy again and again...At the expense of desperate people fleeing horrors and tragedies....

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Italian police say officer murdered in Rome was "attacked immediately" by U.S. teens

 

July 30, 2019, 7:39 AM

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/murder-in-italy-rome-police-say-officers-attacked-immediately-american-teens-2019-07-30/

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Amanda Knox blasts media 'falsehoods' about her Italy trip

Media is manufacturing outrage, woman says in letter to ANSA

 

Redazione ANSA Modena

01 August 201914:08 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2019/08/01/knox-blasts-italy-trip-falsehoods_3ed5b909-94d8-428d-b943-1af40c14dd97.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carabiniere homicide: Elder's dad visits son in jail

19-year-old has confessed to stabbing officer say police

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

01 August 201912:52 News

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2019/08/01/elders-dad-visits-son-in-jail-2_5742b0b1-dfaf-4e4a-9579-d7cf12b4b379.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huge seizure of ‘Ndrangheta ( Calabrian mafia) drugs from Colombia

 

30 July 2019

 

 

http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/8377

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US teen in Italian police murder 'didn't know friend was armed'

 

The father of a US teen arrested in Rome over the killing of an Italian police officer said on Thursday his son didn't know his friend was carrying a knife

 

 

AFP

1 August 2019

11:32 CEST+02:00

 

 

Gabriel Natale Hjorth, 18, has been charged with aggravated homicide along with his friend Finnegan Elder, 19, following the death of officer Mario Cerciello Rega, who was stabbed to death in a botched drug bust last week.

 

Elder has confessed to stabbing Cerciello, 35, with a US Marine partially-serrated, close-quarters combat knife, according to Italian police.He reportedly said he mitook the plain-clothes officer for a dangerous drug dealer and used the weapon in self-defence.

 

"Gabriel didn't know his friend was armed. He only found out what happened, that the officer had died, after his arrest," Fabrizio Natale told the Corriere della Sera daily after visiting his son in Rome's Regina Coeli jail.

 

Elder was carrying the knife on his person, and police said it was "impossible" Natale did not know he had it.

 

"The meeting was emotional but very hard for both of us. He's in a bad state," Fabrizio Natale said after seeing his son.

 

The 18-year-old is alleged to have held Cerciello's partner Andrea Varriale down during the attack in Rome's upmarket Prati neighbourhood, and possibly hidden the murder weapon afterwards.

 

"I share the pain of the officer's family. But I am convinced my son is innocent," Natale said.

 

The teen spent the hour-long meeting with his father in tears, the Corriere said.

 

Natale brought his son a copy of Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Old Man and the Sea" and an Italian-English dictionary, but was forbidden to give him the latter as it was a hardback with corners considered too sharp to be safe, the daily reported.

 

He was allowed to hand over bread and cold cuts, but not toothpaste, deodorant, an electric toothbrush, or a large towel considered a hanging risk, it added.

 

The two Californian teens had been drinking when the attack took place, and Elder was also on prescription drugs, police said.

 

Cerciello and Varriale had been tasked with intercepting the pair after an intermediary on a drug deal reported them to the police for stealing his bag after they were sold aspirin in the place of cocaine.

 

The teens have accused each other of being the one to have hidden the hastily-cleaned knife, which has an 18-centimetre (seven-inch) blade, in the false ceiling of their hotel room.

 

Police returned to the room on Wednesday to dust the ceiling for prints.

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20190801/us-teen-in-italian-police-murder-didnt-know-friend-was-armed

 

You can access site through any free anon proxy in order to be able to view pics

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American teen 'distraught' over death of Italian police officer, did not know friend was armed, father says

 

Published 1 day ago

By Travis Fedschun | Fox News

 

 

 

2 vids

 

https://www.foxnews.com/world/american-teen-distraught-over-death-of-italian-police-officer-did-not-know-friend-was-armed-father-says

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Father of alleged police-killer visits son

 

1 August 2019

 

 

http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/8388

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fugitive ’Ndrangheta boss arrested in Calabria

 

2 August 2019

 

 

http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/8391

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rescued migrants in limbo as two charity ships banned from Italian waters

 

Two charity rescue ships in the Mediterranean are seeking a safe port after being banned from entering Italian territorial waters

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

2 August 2019

13:03 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

The charity rescue ship Alan Kurdi. Photo: Fabian Heinz/sea-eye.org/AFP

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20190802/rescued-migrants-in-limbo-as-two-charity-ships-banned-from-italian-waters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bologna massacre: 39 years on questions remain over Italy's deadliest postwar terror attack

 

On August 2nd, Italy marks the anniversary of one of the deadliest attacks ever to take place in the country

 

 

The Local

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

2 August 2019

09:54 CEST+02:00

 

 

The scene of the attack. Photo: AFP

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20190802/bologna-massacre-38-years-on-questions-remain

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna_massacre

 

 

At that time I was a student at the university there and used to spend  a lot of time ( not that day, thank God) in that wating room (where everybody died)  every time I had to wait for the train to take me back to Trento

 

Edited August 2, 2019 by umbertino

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Italian says he was threatened by Americans accused of policeman's murder

 

Sergio Brugiatelli, who police allege introduced two U.S. teens to a Rome drug dealer, says he was afraid the Americans would harm his family

 

 

Aug. 1, 2019, 4:25 PM GMT+2

By Linda Givetash and Claudio Lavanga

 

 

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-teens-accused-killing-italian-officer-threatened-drug-dealer-n1038111

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americans accused of Rome murder reacted with tears, disbelief: prosecutor

 

July 30, 2019 / 5:15 PM / 3 days ago

By  Angelo Amante

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-policeman-killing/americans-accused-of-rome-murder-reacted-with-tears-disbelief-prosecutor-idUSKCN1UP1TH

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Von der Leyen tells Conte she wants new pact on immigration

Procedures must be effective and human says new EC chief

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

02 August 201917:45 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2019/08/02/new-pact-on-immigration-von-der-leyen_9b584a27-7dc9-43b9-a616-d6a79d2e97b1.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Early elections if budget isn't 'courageous' says Salvini

Deputy premier wants to give the economy a 'fiscal shock'

Redazione ANSA Rome

02 August 201912:24 News

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2019/08/02/salvini-says-early-elections-possible_1f2118c0-6fa6-4166-979b-36df6572ac7a.html

 

 

I'd be glad in principle if we go to new elections but I'm also concerned as my People are somehow unpredictable and Salvini might end up with even more approval than before cos folks love the idea of " strong man"...Meaning he and his party Lega could collect enough votes allowing them to govern the Country alone without need of any allies...Which would be THE disaster for the Country.....That's the Country where fascism was born and where Mussolini ruled for about 20 years after all.....Some of the signs are already there......

 

And the main opposition party , the Democratic party, is practically non-existent in his action of opposition policy due to its inner fights and internal struggles among various factions for power and the lack of a real leader, a charismatic individual.....Nicola Zingaretti does not convince me at all so far.....

Edited August 2, 2019 by umbertino

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Bay Area Italian Americans raise money for slain Carabinieri

 

By Wayne Freedman

Saturday, August 3, 2019 6:48AM

 

 

https://abc7news.com/bay-area-italian-americans-raise-money-for-slain-carabinieri/5438721/

 

 

That's such a  commendable and beautiful gesture....Those are indeed great people  with a big heart......Thank you

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Salvini under fire for 'nasty gypsy' jibe

The problem should be that I got a death threat says minister

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

02 August 201914:36 News

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2019/08/02/salvini-under-fire-for-nasty-gypsy-jibe_0d9849b1-2c24-47ad-a4b8-0872636a16e0.html

 

Here we go again...And this "gentleman" is the Minister of Interiors which is the 1st or 2nd most important Ministry in the Gov't ...And he takes the liberty of using that kind of language ...He got summoned once already by our President of the Republic and I hope he will be again ( he could also be substituted....Please God....Thanks in advance)...No doubt he's the worst minister of the interiors we had ever had  and also this is by far the worst Gov't Italy has had  ( excluding Mussolini's period in the 20's - 40's) after the 2nd World War...He NEVER utters a single word when there are violent actions perpetrated by far- right and fascist groups  but he squeals like an eagle if anything happens among the Left......A real equality Man

 

 

 

 

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Italian police arrest six men over fatal nightclub stampede

 

Suspects under investigation for pepper spray attack that led to death of six people in venue near Ancona last year

 

Associated Press in Milan

Sat 3 Aug 2019 15.58 BST

 

 

 

Carabinieri officers stand in front of the nightclub in Corinaldo where the fatal stampede took place

Photograph: Pasquale Bove/EPA

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/03/italian-police-arrest-six-men-over-fatal-nightclub-stampede

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Sicilian fishermen risk prison to rescue migrants: ‘No human would turn away’

 

A father and son describe what it’s like to hear desperate cries on the sea at night as Italy hardens its stance against incomers

 

Sat 3 Aug 2019 20.28 BST

by Lorenzo Tondo

 

 

 

Carlo and Gaspare on board the Accursio Giarratano

Photograph: Alessio Mamo/The Observer

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/03/sicilian-fishermen-risk-prison-to-rescue-migrants-off-libya-italy-salvini

 

 

Just incredible...What sort of inhumane Country are we becoming with this type of laws???? Thank God there are still many good People around......And ready to risk  big fines and even jail in order to save Brother Man.....