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2017 Stockholm attack
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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 typeVehicle-ramming attack
WeaponsStolen delivery truck
Deaths4
Injured15+ (9 serious)

The 2017 Stockholm attack took place on 7 April 2017 at 14:53 Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). 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.

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. The Parliament House and the Stockholm subway system were locked down in response, and Stockholm Central Station was evacuated. All trains to and from Stockholm's central station were cancelled, later to be resumed the same evening. Löfven also stated that controls at Sweden's borders had also been tightened. Meanwhile, police in Norway stated that officers in the country's largest cities and at Oslo Airport would be armed. Police patrols were also increased in Finland's capital Helsinki.

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 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.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility. The Islamic State revived the idea of murdering innocent people in Europe with lorries after they broke with Al Qaeda (2014). They have claimed responsibility for more than 100 deaths in Europe.

Casualties

Four people died as a result of the attack.

At least 15 people were injured, with nine of those being seriously injured. Nina Nelson Follin, chief medical doctor at the Karolinska University Hospital, told Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter that the hospital was treating "a handful" of people, and that "the injuries are quite serious". A dog was also mown down and killed in the rampage.

Police investigation

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. A spokesperson for the police stated that the person in custody was believed to have driven the truck. A spokesperson for the Swedish Prosecution Authority confirmed that a person had been arrested on "suspicion of terrorist crimes through murder", and police confirmed that the person arrested was a 39-year-old male from Uzbekistan.

Sweden's public broadcaster SVT reported that a bag of undetonated explosives had been found in the truck used in the attack, citing police sources.

See also

Notes

  1. The strongest level of suspicion for a terror crime under current Swedish law.

References

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  12. ^ 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)
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