A newlywed Italian police officer who authorities allege was stabbed repeatedly and killed in a confrontation with two American teenagers in Rome is set to be mourned on Monday at a funeral in the same church where he was married a little over a month ago.

The slaying of Deputy Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega, a member of the famed Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police force, has sent shock waves from Italy to Northern California, where the two suspects, Finnegan Lee Elder, 19, and Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth, 18, are from.

On Sunday, hundreds of people turned out to honor Cerciello Rega, whose body lay in repose at a chapel in central Rome.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called Cerciello Rega’s death a “deep wound for the State” while Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini praised the officer as “a hero.”

Flowers and notes of condolences from friends and strangers of the slain officer piled up on Sunday outside the Carabinieri headquarters in Rome. Sandro Ottaviani, the station commander, told reporters that Cerciello Rega was a beloved member of the force who “always thought about his neighbors, both during the service shifts and when he didn’t wear the uniform.” Read more

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A newlywed Italian police officer who authorities allege was stabbed repeatedly and killed in a confrontation with two American teenagers in Rome is set to be mourned on Monday at a funeral in the same church where he was married a little over a month ago.

A newlywed Italian police officer who authorities allege was stabbed repeatedly and killed in a confrontation with two American teenagers in Rome is set to be mourned on Monday at a funeral in the same church where he was married a little over a month ago.