Sri Lankan mother kills two daughters in Italy

The Italian Police are looking for a Sri Lankan woman who has been accused of killing her two daughters aged 11 and 3.

Italian media reports said that 33-year-old Sachithra Nisansala Fernando was reported missing after the bodies of the two girls were found.

The two girls had been living with their mother in the Italian city of Verona after a court granted her custody of the children from their father.

Sabadi and Sandani were found dead inside their house and the mother was said to missing.

Italian media claimed that the mother seemed to have suffocated the children and killed them.

Verona Mayor Federico Sboarina also visited the scene of the crime.

The reason for the murders is not yet known.