It was during three o'clock on Thursday afternoon that the police were alerted to the hostel where a man was found dead in one of the rooms.

- The patrol that went there thought that there were unclear circumstances surrounding the death and we have therefore initiated a preliminary investigation into murder, or alternatively homicide, says Peter Adlersson, press spokesperson at the police in the West region.

In the hotel room, there were three people who the police have now arrested on suspicion of murder or manslaughter.

Two of them are men in their 30s and one is a woman in her 20s.

The crime scene has been cordoned off and a technical investigation is now underway.

What caused the death is unclear, relatives have been notified.