The person has been arrested on suspicion of “aiding and abetting in the murder” of the two men, the chief prosecutor in the case Magnus Pettersson, said in a press release on Thursday.
“The investigation has reached a point where a person has been declared under suspicion of involvement in the events which led to two people being found dead,” he said in a statement in the release.
He said he will now interrogate the suspected person before deciding whether there are sufficient grounds to keep them in pre-trial detention.
“Afterwards I will take a decision on whether they can remain in custody,” he wrote. “At the same time, we are continuing with other investigatory work, including technical forensic investigation, the collection and analysis of digital evidence and more. This work is taking place both in Sweden and in the UK.”
Cifuentes and Abdulrazak were last seen on camera on July 14th crossing the Öresund Bridge in the Toyota RAV4 they had hired at Copenhagen Airport. A third person was visible in the vehicle.
The car was later found burnt out in the Fosie industrial area of Malmö, along with two bodies which were so badly burnt that it took until the middle of August before they could be identified as Cifuentes and Abdulrazak.
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