Man held after killing wife, daughter at Cisterna di Latina. The bodies of the two, according to initial information, were found in a house in the San Valentino district.

The man suspected of the double murder was reportedly detained in Latina by agents of the flying squad. Latina is a city of around 100,000 people founded in 1932 by Mussolini in the reclaimed Pontine Marshes. It is one of Lazio's three provincial capitals along with Rome and Rieti.