Emotional funeral in Campania for Carabiniere officer killed in Rome
Several state officials have ttended the ceremony, including Deputy Premiers Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio, and Rome’s Mayor, Virginia Raggi.
It was an emotional Monday, July 29, for Italians as the funeral for Mario Cerciello Rega, the 35-year-old Carabiniere police officer who was stabbed to death in Rome on Friday, took place at the Santa Maria del Corso church in his hometown of Campania, Somma Vesuviana. Two young American men are currently in jail in relation to homicide, which took place after a drug deal escalated and Rega was stabbed to death 11 times.