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The police are investigating a murder after a woman and a young man were found dead in a residential area in Luleå.
A 19-year-old relative has been arrested, according to information to Aftonbladet.
Residents in the area are shocked by the incident.
– It’s madness, says a neighbour.
Early on Thursday morning, the police were called to a residential area in Luleå. According to witness statements to SVT Norrbotten screams were heard in the area just before seven o’clock.
After that, a man is said to have come out of a residence, barefoot and with bloody clothes. The man was arrested by police with guns drawn.
Shortly after 11 o’clock, the police announced that a woman and a man had been found dead and that a young man had been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Saw police officers outside the window
Several residents woke up to a large police presence.
– I saw ambulances and police outside my living room window, but I didn’t know what happened. Now I know, it’s terrible, says a woman who lives next door to the family to Aftonbladet.
She did not know the family, but is shocked by what happened.
– I know there was a family that lived there, but I didn’t know them. It is a family tragedy, she says.
According to information to Aftonbladet, the dead are a 45-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man. The murder suspect is a 19-year-old man who is supposed to be related to them.
Police: Isolated incident
Police investigators do not want to go into how the murder happened, but say that firearms have not been used.
He also says that there was another person at the scene.
– Some form of violence has been used, it is not firearms. There have been more people at the scene, says Per-Anders Heikkilä, head of department for serious crimes in Norrbotten.
They see it as an isolated incident.
– The reason is that it is inside a villa and there are people who are related to each other, says Per-Anders Heikkilä.
He does not want to go into more detail about whether any murder weapon has been seized.
– I have no information about that, says Per-Anders Heikkilä.
The police continue to interview witnesses.
– We hear everyone who has something to say and continue to knock on doors, says Per-Anders Heikkilä.
“Completely off track”
A neighbor tells us that he has been next door to the family for ten years.
– What to say? It’s terrible, it happened just a few houses from us. It’s madness, says another neighbour.
He was not closely acquainted with the family, but they used to say hello to each other when seen out in the area.
The neighbor describes the area as calm and safe.
– This is a reminder that this kind of thing can happen at any time and anywhere. It must be a family tragedy completely derailed.
Another neighbor that Aftonbladet spoke to says that what happened is terrible.
– They are my neighbours, my closest neighbours. You say hello when you see each other and so on.