Police found the victims in an apartment block in the Wan Chai district
A 29-year-old British man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the deaths of two women in Hong Kong.
Police found the victims in an apartment block in the Wan Chai district after a call from the man at 03:42am on Saturday (19:42 GMT).
One woman, aged 25 to 30, was found with stab wounds, and the body of a second woman was found inside a suitcase on the balcony.
Local reports said the man had worked for Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Hong Kong Police said they had detained the man and retrieved a knife from the apartment, in the J Residence block.
Assistant district commander Wan Siu-hung told reporters the woman whose body was in the suitcase had been dead "for quite some time", and that she had neck injuries.
Speaking about the other dead woman - who had stab wounds to her neck and buttocks - he said: "We believe the death was caused by a sharp object which cut the throat of the deceased.
"When police found her she was lying in the living room - the room was messy."
The South China Morning Post reported that the two women, of Asian or South East Asian origin, were believed to be "sex workers".
The paper has also reported that a small amount of cocaine was found in the apartment by police.
A resident of the 40-storey block, who said his fellow occupants were mainly expats, told the newspaper: "It was a shock because you would never expect something like this to happen in Hong Kong."
A spokesperson for the UK Foreign Office said: "We can confirm that a British national has been arrested in Hong Kong.
"We are in touch with the local police and stand ready to provide consular assistance."
Post-mortem examinations are being conducted to determine the causes of the women's deaths.
BBC News
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