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Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said that Sweden 'has been attacked' after a truck drove into a crowd on one of Stockholm's main shopping streets, injuring several people, APA reports citing the Local Sweden.
"Sweden has been attacked. Everything indicates an act of terror," PM Stefan Löfven said at a press conference on Friday afternoon.
Swedish brewery company Spendrups, which owns the truck, said it had been hijacked earlier in the day.
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18:15
Police detained the driver of the truck who drove into people on a street in central Stockholm, APA reported citing RIA Novosti.
The public subway system has also now been stopped in the city.
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18:10
At least three people are reported to have been killed and shots have been fired after a truck ploughed into pedestrians outside a Stockholm department store in a suspected terror attack, APA reported citing The Telegraph.
The incident was in Drottninggatan, a street in a busy shopping district in the centre of the Swedish capital on Friday afternoon.
Swedish Police said it was treating it as a possible terror attack and warned people to avoid the city centre. The Swedish Prime Minister said everything indicates the crash is "a terror attack".
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17:27
Truck drives into people on Stockholm street, three killed
A truck has driven into people on a street in central Stockholm, according to witnesses, APA reported citing RT.
At least three people were killed. Injuries have been reported.
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