A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the deaths after a 33-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were found dead in the street
A man and a woman found dead on Cardiff's Queen Street worked at Matalan.
The 33-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were found dead on one of the city's main shopping streets at around 5.50am.
Police said they believed they had been stabbed.
Most of Queen Street was closed off by police. Detectives and police forensics officers appeared to be focusing their search outside the Matalan store. There was also a crime scene at nearby Boots.
A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the deaths and police have launched a double murder investigation.
The man was arrested in Castleton, between Newport and Cardiff.
He is currently detained in Cardiff Bay police station and police have confirmed they are not looking for anybody else in connection with the incident.
Matalan CEO, Jason Hargreaves, said: “It is with great sadness that we can confirm that there was a fatal stabbing in Queen Street, Cardiff, this morning.
“Police discovered the bodies of a man and a woman outside the premises at 6am and arrested one man who is currently in police custody.
“Both of the victims worked at our Cardiff branch so understandably all of our colleagues are receiving our full support. We request that they are given the space to deal with this at this difficult time."
He added: "We extend our condolences to the families of everyone involved.”
The families of the victims have been informed.
It is being investigated by Major Crime and an incident room has been set up at Cardiff Central police station.
Chief Superintendent Belinda Davies, said: “This incident occurred in the main shopping area in the heart of the city in rush hour and it has no doubt shocked the community of Cardiff.
"Please be reassured that we have a team of officers investigating what happened and importantly we have a suspect in custody and we are not looking for anybody else.
“We are in the very early stages of the investigation but I would like to add that at this stage we believe the suspect was known to the victims and it was not a random assault.
"I would like to dispel speculation circulating as to the motive behind this tragic incident and make it clear that this is not being linked to terrorism, and any links to the homeless community are unfounded.”
A large section of Queen Street has been cordoned off which is preventing public access to much of the pedestrianised area which is now being treated as a crime scene.
Chief Superintendent Belinda Davies, added: “The ongoing understanding and cooperation from the public and business community is very helpful.
"I would also like to appeal for people to be mindful that this is a very traumatic time for families involved in the incident and to use their better judgement when sharing and using images on social media.
"Our thoughts are with the families involved at this tragic time.”
Anybody with information is urged to contact the incident room via 101.Alternatively that can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111
see-http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/stabbings-cardiff-queen-street-matalan-11949941
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