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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 area 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’.
They are now asking for tips about the burned out Danish-registered black Toyota Rav 4, with Interpol also reportedly involved in the case.
File photo of Swedish police. Authorities found the bodies in a burned-out car on Sunday
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, said on Sunday confirmed the probe – but said there was no suspect at present.
They are now asking anybody who saw the black Toyota between 11.30am and 2pm on Sunday, July 14 to get in touch.
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 Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet.
But Kerstin Gossé, spokesperson for the Swedish Police Authority, 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.
