Mother, 55, and son, 28, died at the scene after knife attack in IKEA

Two men, 23 and 35, arrested on suspicion of murder Västerås, Sweden

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the deadly knife attack at an IKEA warehouse in Sweden on Monday.

The victims, a mother, 55, and her 28-year-old son, died at the scene after being stabbed in the cutlery section of the store in Västerås, some 70 miles west of the Swedish capital Stockholm.

The suspects, aged 23 and 35, are both asylum seekers from Eritrea, staying in the same government-provided accommodation in the area, local media reports.

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Arrest: Armed police arrest one of the two murder suspects after a knife attack at an IKEA warehouse in central Sweden on Monday, where two people, a mother and son aged 55 and 28, died

The mother and son were both from northern Sweden, and had been visiting relatives in Västerås before going shopping for flatpack furniture at IKEA yesterday.

'We do not see a connection between the victims and the perpetrators as it stands,' said Per Ågren, local police chief said, adding that it appears that the victims were chosen at random.

'It is an insane incident that has taken place, that two people have been knife-murdered in IKEA.'

The 35-year-old murder suspect was also injured in the attack and remains in hospital. As he suffered life threatening injuries, police have not been able to question him about the incident.

Police have conducted a search of two rooms at an asylum seekers' accommodation, Aftonbladet reports, and court documents seen by the newspaper confirm that the younger suspect is housed there.

Action: Two police officers dressed in civilian clothes can be seen walking away from the scene, one of them securing and stowing away a gun

Tragedy: A police office talks to customers outside the IKEA store in Vasteras, after the attack which reportedly took place in the cutlery section

Attack: The victims, mother and son, are not thought to have any relation to the perpetrators, police have said

Suspect: Police arrested the 23-year-old some 20 minutes after the attack took place, and later arrested the 35-year-old suspect in hospital where he is still fighting for his life

A man claiming to be a roommate of the 23-year-old confirms that the suspect had told him he was going to Västerås yesterday and that he has not seen him since.

Västmanland Police have released a statement confirming the arrests of two men, born 1992 and 1979. but declined to comment the alleged search of the asylum seekers' housing Tuesday morning.

The incident took place at lunch-time on Monday, and police were able to arrest the younger suspect at the scene some 20 minutes later.

At least one of the victims were stabbed near an emergency exit in the attack, which witnesses say took place in the part of the store displaying kitchen utensils, Aftonbladet reports.

A notice at the IKEA store reads: 'The warehouse is closed due to a technical issue'

Emergency services and witnesses stand outside the connected shopping centre, which has also been cordoned off following the attack

'It was chaos, people came running and no one understood what had happened. Then we saw a person lying, lifeless, in the cutlery section,' a witness told the newspaper.

'We found a man and a woman who had knife injuries and who later died of their wounds,' a police statement said.

Mattias Johansson, department store manager at IKEA Vasteras said the victims appeared to be 'three seemingly ordinary visitors'.