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Suspect in 1977 "Easey Street murders," Melbourne's oldest cold case, arrested in Italy
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A man suspected of the brutal killing of two women in Australia nearly a half-century ago has been arrested in Rome on an international arrest warrant, Italian news agency ANSA reported on Saturday.
The 65-year-old suspect, who has dual Greek and Australian citizenship, was detained at Rome's Fiumicino airport on Thursday after landing on a flight that had departed from Greece, ANSA said. Australia's Victoria Police said in a news release that the suspect was arrested on Thursday at an airport in Rome. There was a warrant and arrest out for his arrest, police said, and the suspect is currently in custody in Italy.
Police said they will now work to seek the suspect's extradition to Victoria.
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