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Denmark

Mother and two daughters found dead in freezer as manhunt launched for missing father

The bodies of the Syrian refugees were discovered by Danish police in the town of Aabenraa.

Denmark Shots File photo of an armed Danish police officer AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

DANISH POLICE SAY they have found the bodies of a slain Syrian refugee and her two young daughters in a freezer in their apartment, as they launched a manhunt for the girls’ father.

The bodies of the 27-year-old mother and her seven and nine-year-old daughters were found inside a freezer in their apartment in the southern Danish town of Aabenraa after a concerned relative had not heard from them for days.

“Police went into the apartment and found the three bodies in a freezer,” local police said in a statement.

The victim’s husband and the father of the two children was not in the apartment, and we are actively searching for him.

The Syrian family arrived in Denmark in 2015 and were granted refugee status.

The Scandinavian nation welcomed 21,000 migrants in 2015. The influx has significantly slowed since Denmark re-established border controls in early 2016.

© – AFP, 2016

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