On Friday morning, prosecutors requested that the father of the murdered children be detained on probable cause on suspicion of the murder of two children in Södertälje.
The mother, who was initially arrested in the same case, has been released and is no longer suspected of a crime.
It was on Wednesday that a girl and a boy under the age of ten were found dead after being found injured in a residence in Södertälje. The children’s parents were later arrested on suspicion of murder.
On Wednesday 19:23
Mourning in Södertälje after the suspected murder of two children
Arrest hearings today
One of the adults was seriously injured in connection with the serious crime, but the police have no further information about the extent of the injuries.
– We will continue to work with the technical investigation, it has been going on during the night, and it will continue during the day. But also other investigative measures such as door knocking, Per Fahlström told TV4 Nyheterna earlier.
Arrest proceedings against the suspect will take place today at 11 a.m.