NEW YORK — A 77-year-old man and 78-year-old woman were discovered dead inside a Queens home Monday after a man entered the house and set it ablaze, according to police.

Emergency medical workers pronounced them dead at the home, a small two-story house in Bellerose, Queens.

Authorities have not released the victims’ names, and no arrests have been made in connection with their killing, police said Tuesday.

According to preliminary information from police, a man, who has not yet been identified, entered the home Monday and set it on fire while the pair was inside. The suspect had come to the house around 10 a.m., entering through the back after the male victim opened a door, according to an internal police document obtained by The New York Times.

Just after 3 p.m., the man left the hou

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