Islamic Terrorism Hits Stockholm

At Least 3 Killed As Truck Crashes Into Stockholm Shopping Centre

At least three people have been killed Friday, April 7, in Stockholm, Sweden, when a truck crashed into a department store. Stockholm police have confirmed the deaths and multiple injuries, and have issued a warning to avoid the city centre.

Hallmark Islamic Terror Attack, One Arrested

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said the crash resembled a “terrorist attack” and that one person has been arrested.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven makes a statement after people were killed when a truck crashed into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden April 7, 2017.

“The government is doing everything in its power to find out what has happened,” he said.

Photos taken at the scene show the vehicle was a truck belonging to beermaker Spendrups, which said that its truck had been stolen earlier in the day.

Up to 5 Dead, Shots Reported

Swedish media reports that up to five people have been killed, and that shots also were fired in the area. The truck crashed at the corner of the Ahlens department store and Drottninggatan, the city’s biggest pedestrian street, above-ground from Stockholm’s central subway station.

Source: Voice of America

Photo: Drottninggatan pedestrian shopping street by I99pema (2009).