Cop stabbed to death in Rome

(ANSA) - Rome, July 26 - Two men thought to be of African origins are being sought in connection with the stabbing to death over the night between Thursday and Friday of an on-duty Carabiniere police officer in the Italian capital.
    The 35-year-old Carabiniere Deputy Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega is believed to have been with other colleagues in the process of arresting two men believed to be behind a case of theft and extortion when one of the men pulled out a knife and stabbed him several times.
    Both men were able to escape.
    Cerciello Rega was taken to the hospital but died of the injuries sustained in the attack.