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Truck Drives Into Crowd and Department Store in Stockholm Truck Drives Into Crowd and Department Store in Stockholm
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The driver of a small truck appeared to steer his vehicle toward a crowd of people and then rammed it into a department store in the heart of Stockholm on Friday afternoon, killing at least two people, local news outlets reported. The driver of a small truck steered his vehicle toward a crowd of people and then rammed it into a department store in the heart of Stockholm on Friday afternoon, killing at least two people, the police and local news outlets reported, in what was believed to be a terrorist attack.
The Swedish prime minister, Stefan Lofven, said that everything about the episode suggested that it was a terrorist attack, The Associated Press reported. One person was being questioned after the attack, The Associated Press reported, citing the Swedish prime minister, Stefan Lofven. The assault comes after several other episodes in Europe in the past year in which a vehicle was used as a weapon.
The country’s intelligence agency said “a large number” of people were wounded, and the attack in the Swedish capital comes after several other episodes in Europe in the past year in which a vehicle was used as a weapon. “Sweden’s been attacked,” Mr. Lofven said. “Everything points to an act of terror.”
Martin Svenningsen, a reporter with Radio Sweden, said he had seenaw at least three dead people. The police have blocked off the area and have warned people of the possibility of terrorism, Swedish Television News said. Train service in and out of the city was halted, the police were urging people to stay at home and avoid the city center after blocking off the affected area, and the Swedish intelligence agency said “a large number” of people had been wounded.
“I saw hundred of people running, they ran for their lives,” before the truck crashed into the Ahlens department store, a witness identified only as Anna told the newspaper Aftonbladet. “I saw hundreds of people running, they ran for their lives,” before the truck crashed into the Ahlens department store, a witness identified only as Anna told the newspaper Aftonbladet.
The Islamic State militant group revived the idea of using car as weapons after it broke with Al Qaeda in 2014, which found the tactic too indiscriminate and likely to kill Muslims. The Islamic State militant group revived the idea of using cars as weapons after it broke with Al Qaeda in 2014. Al Qaeda had rejected the tactic as too indiscriminate and likely to kill Muslims.
Within the past year, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the deaths of over 100 people in Europe. A militant drove into a crowd on a busy seaside promenade during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice, in the south of France. Another truck surprised a shoppers at a Christmas market in Berlin. And a car drove into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge near Parliament in London last month. In the past year, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the deaths of more than 100 people in Europe.
A militant drove into a crowd on a busy seaside promenade during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice, in the south of France.
Another attacker plowed a truck into shoppers at a Christmas market in Berlin. And last month, an assailant drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge near Parliament in London.
Other attempts, like a man trying to drive over pedestrians in Antwerp, Belgium, claimed no victims but have contributed to a sense of threat across the Continent.Other attempts, like a man trying to drive over pedestrians in Antwerp, Belgium, claimed no victims but have contributed to a sense of threat across the Continent.