The multi-family house in Kolsrum outside Högsby started to burn during the night towards Thursday. In the morning, a woman was arrested.

"It is a woman who must have been living in an apartment in the house," says Katarina Rusin, press spokeswoman for the police.

Have been interrogated

In the afternoon, Chief Prosecutor Kerstin Eriksson confirms that the woman has been arrested, suspected of serious murder.

- The person has been arrested after questioning. At this stage, I cannot go into details about what has emerged in the interview or how the person responds to the suspicions, says Kerstin Eriksson.