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2017 Stockholm truck attack

Coordinates: 59°19′57.8″N 018°03′44.2″E / 59.332722°N 18.062278°E / 59.332722; 18.062278
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2017 Stockholm attack
The path of the attack[1]
2017 Stockholm truck attack is located in Stockholm Municipality
Åhléns department store
Åhléns department store
2017 Stockholm truck attack (Stockholm Municipality)
2017 Stockholm truck attack is located in Stockholm
2017 Stockholm truck attack
2017 Stockholm truck attack (Stockholm)
2017 Stockholm truck attack is located in Sweden
2017 Stockholm truck attack
2017 Stockholm truck attack (Sweden)
LocationNorrmalm, Stockholm, Sweden
Coordinates59°19′57.8″N 018°03′44.2″E / 59.332722°N 18.062278°E / 59.332722; 18.062278
Date7 April 2017
c. 14:53 Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
TargetCivilians
Attack type
Vehicle-ramming attack
WeaponsStolen delivery truck
Deaths4[2]
Injured15+ (9 serious)[2]

On 7 April 2017, a man driving a hijacked beer delivery truck crashed through crowds along the Drottninggatan pedestrian street and smashed through the front of an Åhléns department store in central Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden. The terror attack killed four people and injured several others.

Attack

Spendrups, the company that owned the delivery truck, reported the vehicle had been carjacked just moments before the attack while its driver was making deliveries to a restaurant in Adolf Fredriks Kyrkogata, 500 metres from Åhlens. The original truck driver reported to police that he had attempted to stop the carjacker, and was injured in the process.[3][4]

Aftermath

Drottninggatan after the attack

Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said the facts pointed to a terror attack and the police are treating the situation as such.[5] Parliament House and the metro system were locked down in response. Stockholm Central Station was evacuated,[6] and all trains to and from it were cancelled, but resumed later the same evening.[7] Löfven also said that controls at Sweden's borders had been tightened. Meanwhile, Norwegian police said that officers in the country's largest cities and at Oslo Airport would be armed.[8] Police patrols were also increased in Finland's capital Helsinki.[9]

Casualties

Four people died as a result of the attack.[2] A dog was also killed in the attack.[10]

At least 15 people were injured, with nine of those being seriously injured.[2] Nina Nelson Follin, chief medical doctor at Karolinska University Hospital, told Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter that the hospital was treating "a handful" of people, and that "the injuries are quite serious".[11] One of the injured people who survived was an 83-year-old beggar from Romania.[12]

Suspect

Swedish police published pictures of a man with a hoodie wanted for questioning in connection to the attack. On Friday evening, a man believed to be the same person was arrested in Märsta, north of Stockholm.[13] A spokesperson for the police stated that the person in custody was believed to have driven the truck.[14] The police later confirmed that the person arrested was a 39-year-old male from Uzbekistan and was known to them through unconfirmed intelligence reports. He was found "behaving suspiciously with minor injuries".[15]

Investigation

A spokesperson for the Swedish Prosecution Authority confirmed that the suspect had been arrested on "suspicion of terrorist crimes through murder",[16][a] Police stated that they had found a suspicious object in the truck used in the attack and were investigating to determine whether it was a bomb or an incendiary device.[17]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The strongest level of suspicion for a terror crime under current Swedish law.[16]

References

  1. ^ CNN, James Masters, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Ray Sanchez. "Stockholm truck attack kills 4; suspect held on suspicion of terror". CNN. Retrieved 8 April 2017. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d "Four confirmed dead, one arrested over suspected terror attack – Radio Sweden". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 7 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ Anderson, Christina; Selsoe Sorensen, Martin (7 April 2017). "Stockholm Truck Attack Kills 4; Terrorism Is Suspected". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ Keyton, David; Olsen, Jan M. (7 April 2017). "4 killed in Stockholm truck attack described as terrorism". AP News. Retrieved 7 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ "Four confirmed dead, one arrested over suspected terror attack - Radio Sweden". Sveriges Radio. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ Masters, James; Sanchez, Ray (7 April 2017). "Stockholm truck attack kills 4; arrest made". CNN. Retrieved 7 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ "Four confirmed dead, one arrested over suspected terror attack – Radio Sweden". Sveriges Radio. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  8. ^ Anderson, Christina; Selsoe Sorensen, Martin (7 April 2017). "Stockholm Truck Attack Kills 4; Terrorism Is Suspected". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ Fouche, Gwaldys (7 April 2017). "Norway police to carry weapons at Oslo airport and main cities after Stockholm attack". Reuters. Retrieved 8 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ Foster, Peter; Rowley, Tom; Rothwell, James (8 April 2017). "Stockholm attack: how terrorist brought carnage to the streets of the Swedish capital". The Telegraph.
  11. ^ Anderson, Christina; Sorensen, Martin (7 April 2017). "Stockholm Truck Attack Kills 4; Terrorism Is Suspected". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  12. ^ Arvidson, Emil (8 April 2017). "Tiggaren Papusa, 83, ett av attackens offer". Expressen. Retrieved 9 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  13. ^ "Four confirmed dead, one arrested over suspected terror attack – Radio Sweden". Sveriges Radio. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  14. ^ Anderson, Christina; Sorensen, Martin Selsoe (7 April 2017). "Stockholm Truck Attack Kills 4; Terrorism Is Suspected". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  15. ^ "'Homemade bomb' found in lorry used in Stockholm attack". The Independent. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  16. ^ a b Foster, Peter; Boyle, Danny; Rothwell, James (8 April 2017). "Sweden truck attack suspect 'is 39-year-old from Uzbekistan who posted jihadist propaganda'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  17. ^ Said-Moorhouse, Lauren; Smith-Spark, Laura (8 April 2017). "Stockholm attack: Uzbek man held on suspicion of terrorism". CNN. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

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