Two British citizens have been found shot dead in a burned-out car in Sweden in a horror case police are now investigating as a double murder.
The bodies were recovered after firefighters were called to the scene of a blaze on a dirt road in the Fosie industrial estate in the coastal city of Malmö on Sunday.
It is believed that the victims rented a car at Copenhagen Kastrup airport before they were found in the nearby Swedish city across the border.
They are understood to have been shot before the car was set alight, local media reports.
The identities of the deceased have not yet been shared, but police officials say they ‘have and idea of who they are’.
As they begin their manhunt, pulling in several people for questioning, authorities now fear that more violence could following, according to local media, as they refuse to rule out a connection to gang violence.
The bodies will be examined forensically this week as police look to confirm the identities and notify the next of kin.
Rickard Lundqvist, press spokesperson for police region South, on Sunday confirmed the probe – but said there was no suspect at present.
Police only identified that the victims were not Danish ‘since it was a Danish-registered car’.
Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet reported that the victims were British.
Police confirmed they are now working with foreign police on the case.
They are now asking for tips about the burned out car as they try to piece together what happened.
‘We are interested in talking to people who have seen the car.
‘It’s about a black Danish-registered Toyota of model RAV4,’ said Kerstin Gossé, spokesperson for the Swedish Police Authority.
They are now asking anybody who saw the car between 11.30am and 2pm on Sunday, July 14 to get in touch.
‘We are working hard with various measures in this investigation to bring clarity to this,’ she said.
The car has already been impounded and several people will soon be questioned, they confirmed.
The scene is still cordoned off and a crime scene investigation is underway, according to local media.
The victims were last seen travelling past the Öresund Bridge toll station on Sunday afternoon.
Police reportedly now fear that there could be more acts of violence to come, according to Aftonbladet.
But Gossé said that there was nothing she had heard internally to that effect.
Police declined to say whether the apparent attack was connected to gang violence.
‘We have to keep everything open. It is nothing that I can speculate on this early in the investigation,’ Gossé said.
‘So far, we are keeping tight and restrained so that the preliminary investigation can have its way,’ she added.
The UK government continues to issue foreign travel advice about travelling to Sweden.
‘Violent crime does occur. Gang-related crime, including knife crime, shootings and explosions, has been reported in Malmö, Stockholm and Gothenburg,’ it reads.