Suspect arrested in Rome for 1977 Melbourne murders

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 21 - A man suspected of the brutal murder of two women in Melbourne, Australia, in 1977 has been detained in Rome on an international arrest warrant, sources said on Saturday.
    The 65-year-old suspect, who has Greek and Australian citizenship, was detained at the city's Fiumicino airport on Thursday after landing on a flight from Greece, where he was living, for a holiday in Italy, the sources said.
    He is accused of killing friends Suzanne Armstrong, 27, and Susan Bartlett, 28, in a frenzied knife attack that shocked Australia.
    New technology led to a breakthrough in the cold case and the suspect became a fugitive of Australian justice after a request was made for a sample of his DNA in 2017, the sources said.
    (ANSA).