Mother held after drowning twins

A 22-year-mother in Arizona has been arrested on charges that she drowned her two-year-old twin sons in a bathtub on Sunday, police said.

Mireya Alejandra Lopez was arrested on two counts of homicide and one count of attempted homicide after her sons were found unresponsive in the family’s home.

Lopez told officers that she intentionally drowned both of her twin boys in the bathtub, said Sgt Brandon Busse of the Avondale Police Department.