Two 19-year-old Americans have been arrested while on vacation in Rome for the murder of an Italian police officer, Italian police told CNN
The Carabinieri police force said in a statement that the pair were arrested Friday night for"the crime of aggravated murder and attempted extortion."Police named the suspects as Christian Gabriel Natale Hjorth and Elder Finnegan Lee, and said both were from San Francisco, California. Photos of the pair have not been released.Italian police officer Mario Cerciello Rega was stabbed eight times at 2 a.m.
— Matteo Salvini July 26, 2019 The police statement said surveillance footage and witness testimonies had allowed the Capitoline Investigative Unit to identify the two responsible for the"heinous crime."Read MoreThe two Americans were arrested inside their hotel room in Rome. "They were already ready to leave the country," police said.
— Arma dei Carabinieri July 26, 2019 Police also noted that the Americans had stolen a backpack from an Italian citizen shortly before the murder. The suspects subsequently answered the owner's cellphone, which they had also taken, and told him"they would not return the backpack without 100 euros and 1 gram of cocaine," police added.After police were contacted by the victim, officers met the American suspects under the guise of retrieving the backpack.
— Arma dei Carabinieri July 26, 2019 Italian state police also paid tribute to the murdered officer shortly after news of his death emerged, with a number of police cars sounding their sirens outside the Carabinieri headquarters in Rome. The investigation into the officer's murder is ongoing.CNN has contacted the US Embassy, which referred questions to the US State Department. CNN has not yet received a response from the State Department.CNN's Matthew Robinson contributed to this report.
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