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Italian police arrest mafia member over slain sex workers

Rome, Italy: Italian police on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) arrested a mafia member suspected of killing two alleged Chinese prostitutes and a Colombian transgender sex worker in Rome, local media reported.

The bodies of the two Chinese women were discovered in a residential building in the upmarket Prati district on Thursday morning, while the body of the South American was found in an apartment in the same neighbourhood an hour later.

A woman shelters from the sun with an umbrella during hot weather at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy on June 17, 2022. Italian police on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022 (November 20 in Manila) arrested a mafia member suspected of killing two alleged Chinese prostitutes and a Colombian transgender sex worker in Rome, local media reported. XINHUA PHOTO