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| Stockholm attack suspect was ordered to be deported | |
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| The suspect behind the Stockholm truck attack had been facing deportation, Swedish police say. | The suspect behind the Stockholm truck attack had been facing deportation, Swedish police say. |
| The 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan is suspected of having driven a truck into a department store in the city on Friday. | The 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan is suspected of having driven a truck into a department store in the city on Friday. |
| Police said on Sunday the man is known to have had extremist sympathies. | Police said on Sunday the man is known to have had extremist sympathies. |
| His application for asylum was rejected in June last year and he was being sought by immigration officials, police said. | His application for asylum was rejected in June last year and he was being sought by immigration officials, police said. |
| Four people are confirmed to have died in the attack - two Swedish nationals, a Briton and a Belgian, but police have not released their identities. | Four people are confirmed to have died in the attack - two Swedish nationals, a Briton and a Belgian, but police have not released their identities. |
| The truck, hijacked from a beer company, was driven into Ahlens department store in the capital on Friday afternoon. | |
| The suspect, who was not named, was known to the security services and was arrested later on Friday. | |
| However, he had been seen only as a "marginal character", National Police Commissioner Dan Eliasson said. |