A Rome judge on Monday dismissed a murder investigation into two Italian marines who killed two fishermen in Kerala in 2012, months after the case was dropped by the Supreme Court of India.
In a statement, Italian Defence Minister Lorenzo Guerini welcomed the “positive outcome” for Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre.
News agencies said it followed an assessment by prosecutors last month that there was not enough evidence for a trial.
“This brings to an end a years-long event during which the defence ministry has never left the two marines and their families on their own,” Guerini said.
Girone and Latorre shot dead the unarmed fishermen off the southern Indian coast in February 2012 while protecting an Italian oil tanker as part of an anti-piracy mission.
After a legal saga that has dogged relations between Rome and New Delhi for almost a decade, India in April 2021 accepted a compensation offer of ₹ 100 million (Rs 10 crore).
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