Sweden - Two bodies found in burned-out car, Malmö, 14 July 2024

[Rikissa]

On Sunday July 14 the police in Malmö (Sweden's third largest city) found a burned-out car in an industrial area, and two dead bodies were discovered in the car. The car had been hired earlier that day at the airport in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the other side of the Öresund Bridge, about 30 minutes away. The bodies have not yet been identified, but the police believe they are those of two missing UK business men who travelled to Denmark on Saturday.

Two bodies found in burnt-out car in Sweden rented by Briton

Driver and passenger had been shot dead after car had reportedly been driven from Copenhagen to Malmö

www.theguardian.com

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www.aftonbladet.se

 

[Lucy6226]

I always thought Sweden was super safe and had a low crime rate. However a Google fetched this article up from last year...

'Since 2013 the number of fatal shootings in the country has more than doubled, according to official statistics, and drug and gun crimes have steadily increased since the beginning of the 2000s. Kristersson’s remark about Europe was not wrong: the country is now among the continent’s worst when it comes to gun murders.
Much of the violence has taken place in the larger cities: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Uppsala. The gun-murder rate in the Swedish capital was roughly 30 times that of London on a per capita basis in 2022. However, the unrest has spread to smaller cities'

Source :- How gang violence took hold of Sweden – in five charts

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Asked about the incident, a Foreign Office spokesperson told the BBC: “We are supporting the families of two British men reported missing in Sweden and are in touch with the local authorities."

Police spokesman Patrtic Sors told the BBC he would not confirm the identity of the two men after reports in local media that they were believed to be British citizens, with more forensic testing to take place Wednesday morning.

Mr Sors said he believed a British man had rented the car, a black Danish-registered Toyota Rav 4, at an airport in Denmark hours before the bodies were discovered in the Fosie industrial area of Malmö.

Two Brits missing in Sweden as bodies found in burned-out car

Swedish police are investigating the deaths of two men in Malmo as a suspected double murder.

www.bbc.com

 

[dotr]

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1813542901651046501

 

[dotr]

Pictured: two Brits missing, feared killed, after car found in Malmo

Two corpses 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

www.dailymail.co.uk

''Police in Sweden say the Toyota RAV4 set ablaze on an industrial estate in gang-scarred Malmo was the same car rented by Juan, 33, and Farooq, 37 - and they have not been seen since driving away in it.

Authorities are in the process of formally identifying both bodies but families of the men are fearing the worst.''

Farooq Abdulrazak (left) and Juan Cifuentes (right) are believed to be the two men found

The men are believed to have travelled to Denmark before heading to Sweden for business

n (L) and Farooq (C) travelled to Denmark together before heading on to Sweden

 

[Rikissa]

I always thought Sweden was super safe and had a low crime rate. However a Google fetched this article up from last year...

'Since 2013 the number of fatal shootings in the country has more than doubled, according to official statistics, and drug and gun crimes have steadily increased since the beginning of the 2000s. Kristersson’s remark about Europe was not wrong: the country is now among the continent’s worst when it comes to gun murders.
Much of the violence has taken place in the larger cities: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Uppsala. The gun-murder rate in the Swedish capital was roughly 30 times that of London on a per capita basis in 2022. However, the unrest has spread to smaller cities'

Source :- How gang violence took hold of Sweden – in five charts

Sweden is still basically a safe country, both for those living here, as well as for tourists and visitors. When it comes to the gun crimes, in almost all cases, be it fatal or non-fatal ones, both the perpetrators (if found) and the victims have been involved in an ongoing drug turf war, mostly in and around the suburbs of Stockholm (Swedish suburbs are very often apartment buildings, built in the 1970s and forward, not so much single family homes). During the last ten years or so there have also been more bomb attacks by the same gangs involved in the shootings, which has caused damage for people not involved in the drug gangs, even if the bombs have been directed towards gang members and/or their relatives.

Bombings in Sweden - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

It's first in the last five, six years or so that people not involved in the drug gangs have began being injured or killed, one reason for that is most likely that the perpetrators doing the shootings have become younger and younger, teenagers, and (my guess) often high on drugs when doing the shootings. Several of the victims have been involved in the rap music scene, glorifying gang violence. The probably most famous rapper shot was Einár, only 19 when he died.

Einár - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

As for the case in Malmö, it's very possible that it has to do with drugs in some way, the place where the men were found shot and burned is not a place people visit on a weekend unless you don't want to be seen.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“From growing up and playing football together, I remember just being a little kid and him giving me advice and helping me to be better.“

Another friend, who did not wish to be named, also confirmed that Mr Abdulrazak and his business partner were the victims in the case.

“There was an announcement at the mosque – it’s pretty certain,” he said
Family friend Yussef Amiah, 32, told The Telegraph: “It was confirmed yesterday. I’ve just gone to the mosque where we heard the news.”

The married father-of-two played five-a-side football with Mr Abdulrazak twice a week and said his death “doesn’t make sense at all”.

He said: “He was like an older brother to everyone. It’s so hard to take in what’s happened – he’s just so faultless.”

Two British men feared murdered in Malmo travelled to Sweden to promote travel agency

Firefighters recovered two bodies from burnt-out car on dirt road in Swedish city on Sunday

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Reports indicate that at least one victim had allegedly suffered gunshot wounds. Swedish authorities initially stated they "have an idea of who they are", with local TV4 claiming the bodies were so badly burned they "needed to be identified with dental records".

Police are currently treating the deaths as a double murder. This follows a report by Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that police fear further violent acts may ensue. However, investigators have since refuted concerns about additional violence following the murders

British travel agents shot dead abroad in horror double murder

Juan Cifuentes and Farooq Abdulrazak were reported missing after travelling to northern Europe

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[imstilla.grandma]

According to Swedish media, one victim was found with a possible bullet wound and that both are British, although police are yet to formally identify them.

Another outlet is reporting that the Toyota Rav 4, which was later found burnt out, had been rented from Denmark's Copenhagen airport, with CCTV showing three people inside the vehicle when it drove over the Oresund Bridge into Sweden.

Ex-Welwyn Garden City footballer feared dead after going missing in Sweden

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[Teeniesmum]

According to Swedish media, one victim was found with a possible bullet wound and that both are British, although police are yet to formally identify them.

Another outlet is reporting that the Toyota Rav 4, which was later found burnt out, had been rented from Denmark's Copenhagen airport, with CCTV showing three people inside the vehicle when it drove over the Oresund Bridge into Sweden.

Ex-Welwyn Garden City footballer feared dead after going missing in Sweden

The family of a former Welwyn Garden City footballer is desperately appealing for information, amid fears he was a victim of a double murder in…

www.whtimes.co.uk

This is the first time I've read about a third person in the car.... interesting

 

[imstilla.grandma]

This is the first time I've read about a third person in the car.... interesting

Thats what I was thinking. Who was it? They were on a business trip so possibly a business colleague?

 

[Joshw2022]

Not that I'm suggesting anything nefarious, but it would be interesting to know the nature of the business trip...

 

[HongKongPhooey]

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Not that I'm suggesting anything nefarious, but it would be interesting to know the nature of the business trip...

Yes. And cherchez the alleged third passenger on the cctv.

 

[dotr]

All of this is just plain spooky, imo.
July 18 2024

Football club pays tribute to man feared murdered with his friend in Sweden

The car was rented at Copenhagen airport and was captured on CCTV as it crossed the Oresund Bridge with three people potentially inside, according to Swedish media.

news.sky.com

: TV4
''The pair are from north London and are understood to work for a travel company.''
''A club spokesperson, said on X: "Everyone at the club is saddened and shocked by the news yesterday of the passing of Juan Cifuentes.
"Juan was part of our double-winning squad in 2014-15. A very good player and great person.''

''CCTV indicated three people were inside when it drove over the Oresund Bridge to Sweden, Sydsvenskan, another Swedish paper, reported.''

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1813887259524890761

 

[wtiger]

you dont hear of many travel agents being targeted in this manner.....not usually a dangerous job

 

[AliceInPain]

"Travel agents". "Business men". Which is it? Or both? ie, drug smugglers. A close relative of mine used to live in Malmö and was sending heroin to the rest of the country via mail. So that's where my thinking goes, no offence to the dead.

 

[AliceInPain]

Their Facebook profiles:

Juan

Farooq

Empire Holidays
eta: no holiday deals to Denmark and only one to Sweden 7 years ago.

 

[Tintenbar]

A friend of the pair said they had travelled to Copenhagen from Heathrow on Saturday, hired a car and were planning on driving across the border to Sweden to meet with hoteliers.

He told MailOnline: 'From what I've heard from the families, Swedish Police are looking into whether there was an incident just as they crossed the border from Denmark.

'There seems to have been an attack on the car, a carjacking gone wrong and potential robbery.'

CCTV shows two Brits renting a car before they were found dead