A police officer in a gas mask attends the scene after a truck crashed into a department store injuring several people in central Stockholm, Sweden, Friday April 7, 2017. (Noella Gow TT News Agency via AP)
Lorry Rams Into Crowds, killing 3 People
A lorry has smashed into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least three people, Swedish police say.
Several people were also injured in the incident on Drottninggatan (Queen Street), one of the city’s major pedestrian streets.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said everything pointed to an act of terrorism.
Local media reported one arrest, but police have said no-one is being held.
The police have also released a grainy image of a man, who was caught on CCTV and is deemed a person of interest in the case.
The lorry was hijacked earlier on Friday, its owner said.The crash happened at the Ahlens department store just before 15:00 local time (13:00 GMT).Swedish brewery Spendrups said its lorry had been stolen on its way to a restaurant delivery.”Someone jumped into the driver’s cabin and drove off with the vehicle while the driver was unloading,” a brewery spokesperson told the TT news agency.Shots were reportedly fired in another part of the city, but Swedish police told local media there was no connection between the two incidents.Witnesses say the lorry drove into the front window of the Ahlens store.One eyewitness told the BBC she was in the shop’s fitting room when she heard the screams. “There was blood everywhere,” she said.
The shop sits close to the city’s central station, which was evacuated.
