Swedish police examine UK-based good friend of British journey agent ‘murdered in gang warfare’ and ‘demise menace’ linked to their taking pictures – as girlfriend of 1 sufferer says he’s ‘on his solution to meet Allah’

Swedish police are actually investigating the UK-based good friend of a British journey agent who was believed to be murdered in a gang warfare together with a suspected demise menace linked to their taking pictures.

Father-of-two Juan Cifuentes, 33, and newly-wed Farooq Abdulrazak, 37, each from North London, went lacking on a ‘enterprise journey’ to Denmark and Sweden over the weekend.

Hours earlier than they had been due dwelling on Sunday, police discovered two our bodies with gunshot wounds contained in the burning wreckage of a Toyota RAV4 matching the automotive they employed on an industrial property close to Malmo in Sweden.    

It’s believed the 2 males, each London-based journey brokers, crossed from close by Copenhagen into Denmark within the rented Toyota, final seen travelling previous the Öresund Bridge toll station on Sunday afternoon as cops proceed to probe whether or not a 3rd man was additionally within the car alongside the pair.

However as Swedish police work tirelessly to determine how the deaths occurred, native newspaper Aftonbladet studies that cops have been investigating a good friend of Abdulrazak, described as a 35-year-old non-Brit dwelling within the UK, and a ‘suspected demise menace’ linked to the alleged killings of the pair.  

One other good friend of the pair stated they’d travelled to Copenhagen from Heathrow on Saturday, employed a automotive and had been planning on driving throughout the border to Sweden to fulfill with hoteliers.

He instructed MailOnline: ‘From what I’ve heard from the households, Swedish Police are trying into whether or not there was an incident simply as they crossed the border from Denmark.

‘There appears to have been an assault on the automotive, a carjacking gone mistaken and potential theft.’

Mr Cifuentes’ companion, named in press studies as Stephanie, took to social media to substantiate that he and his good friend Mr Abdulrazak had died. 

The identities of the our bodies haven’t but been formally established however police imagine they’re Juan and Farooq.

Stephanie, who has a son and daughter with Mr Cifuentes, stated the pair had been ‘on their solution to meet Allah’.

In social media feedback reported by The Instances, she wrote: ‘Juan was an exceptional human being, most humble, most giving, hardworking and most charitable individual to exist. The definition of probably the most superb father.

‘I could not have requested Allah for a greater father for my kids. He got here to Islam at 20 years outdated by means of me… Allah gave him the possibility to finish umrah (a pilgrimage to Mecca) with Farooq… and now they’re on their solution to meet Allah of their last dwelling.’

In the meantime, police are persevering with to probe whether or not a 3rd man travelled with the Brit pair while avoiding the gaze of safety cameras. 

The lifeless males had been captured on CCTV footage on the automotive rent desk in Copenhagen airport hours earlier than they went lacking – however a 3rd unknown man was later seen with them within the Toyota, in response to native media studies.

Investigators are actually looking for this third particular person believed to have been in touch with the victims earlier than the tragedy, who seems to have skirted the glare of safety cameras on the automotive rental location. 

Police are working tirelessly to attempt to work out how the victims died.

It comes as Sweden’s points with gang violence have bled into different elements of the world, together with Britain.

5 years in the past, drug boss Flamur Beqiri was shot eight occasions in entrance of his spouse and their son in Battersea, south London. 

Beqiri, a number one determine in a Malmo drug gang initially from Albania, had fled to the capital to keep away from a warring faction.

Killer , who had disguised himself as a road cleaner, was jailed for all times for Beqiri’s homicide two years in the past, whereas three others had been jailed for manslaughter and perverting the course of justice.

Detectives have sought to minimize fears Cifuentes and Abdulrazak’s killings point out an escalation of gang violence in Sweden. 

The our bodies of two males had been found by firefighters attending the scene of a burning Toyota RAV4 matching the outline on a mud observe in an industrial property in Malmo later that day.

Authorities stated they believed the victims had been shot earlier than the automotive was set alight.

‘In some way the automotive has ended up on a abandoned piece of land on the outskirts of Malmo,’ the pair’s good friend instructed MailOnline.

‘We’ve not been instructed how but, it could have been pushed there by one of many thieves.

‘To cover their tracks, the criminals have then torched the automotive and fled.

‘Two our bodies had been discovered inside that car and it is feared they’re Juan and Farooq. Though we do not know the place within the automotive precisely they had been discovered.’

The good friend stated Swedish police and Interpol are actually trying into whether or not any possessions had been stolen.

It was beforehand reported that police had been working with Interpol, although they declined to say in what capability at first.

‘So far as we all know Juan and Farooq had been attributable to meet with hoteliers and tourism officers in Sweden to debate doable enterprise ventures with their journey web site.’ 

Native media has additionally picked up on a 3rd individual stated to be seen in surveillance pictures from earlier than their disappearance.

Sydsvenskan reported that there could have been one other individual within the automotive with them after they arrived in Sweden. 

Welwyn Backyard Metropolis FC, the non-league soccer membership that Cifuentes as soon as performed for, gave a touching tribute immediately, believing the dad-of-two had been killed.

A membership spokesperson stated on X: ‘Everybody on the membership is saddened and shocked… Juan was a part of our double-winning squad in 2014-15. An excellent participant and nice individual.

‘We ship our condolences to all his household, associates and ex-teammates.’

Juan and Farooq’s identities had been revealed when a relative of Juan confirmed they’d rented a automotive matching the outline in Denmark with plans to go east on a enterprise journey.

Each lived in Finchley, North London and attended Finchley Mosque.

Juan had two daughters, aged three and eight, and Farooq solely bought married three months in the past.

The good friend added: ‘The group who meet on the mosque are very tight-knit and we’re all shocked and saddened by this.

‘Juan and Farooq had been highly-respected, loving individuals who would assist anybody who wanted it.

‘I am numb with grief in the meanwhile, I do not know actually what else to say. Their loss is felt deeply.’ 

‘The Swedish police have been in touch with us and are offering updates on the state of affairs,’ a relative to Juan instructed MailOnline.

‘They imagine the 2 males within the automotive are probably Juan and Farooq however the our bodies are but to be recognized.

‘I’ve learn studies that the 2 males discovered within the automotive had been shot. 

‘That isn’t one thing that we’re conscious of at the moment. The police haven’t instructed us that.

‘All we all know in the meanwhile is that Juan and Farooq travelled to Denmark after which on to Sweden for a enterprise journey. 

‘They’d been attributable to return on Sunday earlier than the Euro last however they did not come dwelling and no one has seen them for just a few days.’

Earlier Rickard Lundqvist, press spokesperson for police area South, confirmed that there was an investigation to determine the our bodies discovered within the automotive – however stated there was no suspect at current.

Police solely recognized that the victims weren’t Danish at first ‘because it was a Danish-registered automotive’.

Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet later reported that the victims had been British, and Swedish police confirmed they’re working with international police on the case.

The International Workplace stated beforehand it was supporting the households of two British males reported in Sweden after the our bodies had been present in a burned-out Toyota in an industrial property in Malmo on Sunday.

The motive force and passenger, who’re believed to be British residents, had been discovered within the gutted stays of a automotive that had been rented in Denmark and pushed throughout the border to Sweden.

Firefighters found the physique when responding to the scene of a blaze on the Fosie industrial property.

Police stated they’d not but recognized the our bodies, however that forensic testing would happen this morning.

Horrifically, the victims are understood to have been shot earlier than the automotive was set alight, native media studies. 

Police are treating the incident as a double homicide.