A 27-year-old financier killed the mother and sister of his 22-year-old ex-girlfriend with whom his relationship had recently ended.
The double murder took place in an apartment in the San Valentino district, in Cisterna di Latina.
The murder, according to an initial reconstruction by investigators, would have occurred at the height of an argument between the 27-year-old and his ex.
The 49-year-old mother and the girl's 19-year-old sister intervened to try to stop the man, who then pulled out his service pistol and shot them, killing them both.
Her ex-girlfriend instead managed to escape and she saved herself by hiding in the bathroom, where she was found by investigators in a state of shock.
Immediately after the shooting, the financier fled but was arrested shortly afterwards near the home of a relative in Latina.
The 27-year-old was taken to the police station, where he is being interrogated
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