Police have arrested a man in Stockholm, Sweden after a stolen beer truck was rammed through a crowd in the capital city, killing four people and injuring 15 others.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven announced earlier that authorities believe that it was an act of terror. “Sweden has been attacked,” he said. “This indicates that it is an act of terror.”
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The attack unfolded in Drottninggatan, Stockholm’s busiest shopping street. Three armed men are reported to have jumped out of the vehicle after the attack. Though it has been reported by a number of news agencies that five people were killed, the official toll according to Stockholm police is four.
Police released CCTV images of a man they say is wanted in relation to the truck attack. It is currently unknown whether he is the man who was arrested.
A witness who was in a car at the time of the attack described to Reuters hearing screaming as the truck approached. “Then it drove into a pillar at Ahlens City (department store) where the hood started burning. When it stopped we saw a man lying under the tyre. It was terrible to see.”
Footage has been posted to social media by witnesses to the attack and its aftermath.
No group has claimed any credit or responsibility for the attack, though it matches the modus operandi of similar attacks in Berlin, Nice and London.
Source: New York Times.
Photo: Getty Images / AFP.
