Copenhagen vehicle arsons continue for third night

More vehicles have been set on fire in the Danish capital city of Copenhagen in the early hours of Tuesday as police are investigating a series of car arson cases since Saturday night.

Three mopeds and a car were set ablaze in Norrebro district of the city just past midnight, according to the Danish newspaper The Copenhagen Post on Tuesday.

Police said a lack of evidence is making the investigation difficult.

"There are no witnesses, and by the time we arrived on the scene, there was little left to find," Henrik Stormer from the Copenhagen Police was quoted by the paper as saying.

Previously, over 20 vehicles have been burnt out on Saturday and Sunday nights, also in downtown areas.

The arson cases came after over 70 cars have been burnt out in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, the country's third largest city linked to Copenhagen via the Oresund Bridge, since July.

However, the police are cautious to link the fire cases in Denmark and Sweden as there is no evidence yet to indicate a connection.

Police spokesman Rasmus Skovsgaard said earlier in a press release that the systematic burning of cars in the streets of Copenhagen will not be tolerated.

An investigation into the arson cases by the police is under way. Endit