A 39-year-old Uzbek man being held in custody is the suspected driver of a hijacked beer delivery truck that ploughed into crowds in central Stockholm, killing four people and wounding 15 in an apparent terror attack, police said on Saturday.
A 39-year-old Uzbek man being held in custody is the suspected driver of a hijacked beer delivery truck that ploughed into crowds in central Stockholm, killing four people and wounding 15 in an apparent terror attack, police said on Saturday.
The man, previously known to Swedish intelligence services as a marginal figure with no clear links to extremist groups, is suspected of mowing down pedestrians on a busy shopping street and smashing through a store front on Friday.
"Nothing indicates that we have the wrong person, on the contrary, suspicions have strengthened as the investigation has progressed," Dan Eliasson, head of Sweden's national police, told a news conference on Saturday.
The man, detained on Friday night on terrorism charges after the attack in the heart of the capital, appeared to have acted alone but "we still cannot rule out that more people are involved," he said.
Police raided several addresses in the Stockholm area on Saturday, according to TT news agency and tabloid Aftonbladet, but told Reuters no further arrests in connection with the attack had been made.
A Reuters witness saw police wearing protective masks carrying out a search at an apartment in a southern Stockholm suburb.
Sweden will hold a minute's silence at midday (1000 GMT) on Monday to mourn the dead. Police said they were maintaining a heightened presence, fearing copycat attacks.
A gaping hole in the wall of the store showed the force of the impact from the truck, which was removed overnight for examination by forensics experts, and people gathered to pay their respects and leave flowers.
Ahlens said it would open part of the store on Sunday.
(With agency inputs)
1. Stains of blood
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Ambulance in a street near the site were a truck was driven into a crowd in central Stockholm, Sweden as paramedics tend to an injured person
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2. The truck
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Police cordon off the truck which crashed into the Ahlens department store at Drottninggatan in central Stockholm, April 7, 2017.
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3. Armed Police Forces
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Armed police forces work at the scene where a truck crashed into the Ahlens department store at Drottninggatan in central Stockholm.
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4. The site of the attack
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Emergency services work at the scene where a truck crashed into the Ahlens department store at Drottninggatan in central Stockholm, April 7, 2017.
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5. Spilled beer from the truck
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A view of the site where a truck drove into a crowd and into a department store in central Stockholm, Sweden on April 7, 2017.
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6. Suspect
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A man who is wanted in connection with the truck incident that killed and injured several people in Stockholm, Sweden, is seen in this handout picture provided by the police.
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7. Several dead bodies covered with blankets
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Several dead bodies are seen after a truck crashed into a department store Ahlens, in central Stockholm, Sweden.
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8. The object of destruction
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The destroyed truck is pulled away by a service car after it was driven into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday.
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9. A woman cries
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A woman cries after placing flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the Ahlens department store in Stockholm on April 8, 2017.
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10. Blood covers the sidewalk
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Blood covers the sidewalk in Stockholm on April 8, 2017, the day after a hijacked truck plunged into a crowd in a pedestrian shopping area.
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11. Swedish Prime Minister
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Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven pays respect at a makeshift memorial near the scene where a truck slammed the day before into a crowd of people outside a busy department store in central Stockholm.
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12. Makeshift memorial
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The Swedish flag is seen among flowers near the crime scene in central Stockholm April 8, 2017, the day after a hijacked beer truck plowed into pedestrians on Drottninggatan and crashed into Ahlens department store.
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13. Well wishers console each other
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Well wishers comfort each other as they place flowers at a makeshift memorial outside a department store in Stockholm.
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