One arrested in deadly truck “terror attack” in Sweden
07 Apr 2017 - Sweden’s Prime Minister said one person has been arrested in the deadly truck attack on a Stockholm department store.
Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said everything indicates that a truck which crashed into the major department store is “a terror attack”, AP reported.
Lofven said at least two people have been killed in the attack Friday afternoon on the Ahlens store.
Broadcaster SVT said at least five people have been killed in the attack but police could not immediately confirm that. Swedish radio said at least three people have died.
The Aftonbladet daily said Swedish beermaker Spendrups said its truck had been carjacked earlier Friday.
The most recent attack in Stockholm was on Dec. 11, 2010, when an Iraqi-born Swede, Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, detonated two devices, including one that killed him, in central Stockholm.
Swedish police urged people to avoid central Stockholm around the downtown Sergels Torg square, and Swedish news agency TT said subway traffic has been shut down in the area.
Sweden’s Intelligence Agency said on its web page that there is “a large number of injured” in the truck crash.
Witness Jan Granroth told Aftonbladet, another daily that “we stood inside a shoe store and heard something … and then people started to scream.” He says “I looked out of the store and saw a big truck.”
The store is part of a Sweden-wide chain. The building includes several stores at the street level.