India drops case against Italian marines who killed fishermen

Supreme court says Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre should now be tried in their own country

India's top court has dropped long-running proceedings against two Italian marines who shot dead two fishermen off Kerala in 2012, but said the soldiers should now be tried in their own country.

Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre killed the unarmed men off the southern Indian coast in February 2012 while protecting an Italian oil tanker as part of an anti-piracy mission.