Stockholm truck attack that claimed four lives

A stolen truck ploughed into a crowd outside a busy department store in central Stockholm Friday, killing four and injuring 15.
A stolen truck ploughed into a crowd outside a busy department store in central Stockholm Friday, killing four and injuring 15. (Photo | AP)
A stolen truck ploughed into a crowd outside a busy department store in central Stockholm Friday, killing four and injuring 15. (Photo | AP)
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The rear of a truck, left, protrudes after it crashed into a department store injuring several people in central Stockholm, Sweden, on April 7, 2017. (Photo | AP)
The rear of a truck, left, protrudes after it crashed into a department store injuring several people in central Stockholm, Sweden, on April 7, 2017. (Photo | AP)
According to police chief, Stefan Hector 'working hypothesis is that this is a terror attack.' (Photo | AP)
According to police chief, Stefan Hector 'working hypothesis is that this is a terror attack.' (Photo | AP)
On Saturday, Swedish police arrested a a 39-year-old man of Uzbek origin and supporter of the Islamic State (IS) group in connection with the attack. (Photo | AP)
On Saturday, Swedish police arrested a a 39-year-old man of Uzbek origin and supporter of the Islamic State (IS) group in connection with the attack. (Photo | AP)
The attack occurred just before 3:00 pm (1300 GMT) when the stolen truck slammed into the corner of the bustling Ahlens store and the popular pedestrian street Drottninggatan, above ground from Stockholm's central subway station. (Photo | AP)
The attack occurred just before 3:00 pm (1300 GMT) when the stolen truck slammed into the corner of the bustling Ahlens store and the popular pedestrian street Drottninggatan, above ground from Stockholm's central subway station. (Photo | AP)
Pictures taken at the scene showed a large blue truck with a mangled undercarriage smashed into the Ahlens department store. (Photo | AP)
Pictures taken at the scene showed a large blue truck with a mangled undercarriage smashed into the Ahlens department store. (Photo | AP)
The destroyed truck is pulled away by a service car after it was driven into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, April 8, 2017.(Photo | AP)
The destroyed truck is pulled away by a service car after it was driven into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, April 8, 2017.(Photo | AP)
A street sign lays on the ground after a truck was driven into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, April 8, 2017. (Photo | AP)
A street sign lays on the ground after a truck was driven into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, April 8, 2017. (Photo | AP)
A part of a department store is destroyed after a truck after was driven into, in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, April 8, 2017. (Photo | AP)
A part of a department store is destroyed after a truck after was driven into, in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, April 8, 2017. (Photo | AP)
Police officers guard the scene as a truck is pulled away by a service car after it was driven into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, April 8, 2017. (Photo | AP)
Police officers guard the scene as a truck is pulled away by a service car after it was driven into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, April 8, 2017. (Photo | AP)
Police cars and ambulances rapidly flooded the scene after the attack, as central streets and squares were blocked off amid fears that another attack could be imminent. (Photo | AP)
Police cars and ambulances rapidly flooded the scene after the attack, as central streets and squares were blocked off amid fears that another attack could be imminent. (Photo | AP)
Friday's attack was the latest in a string of similar assaults with vehicles in Europe, including in London, Berlin and the southern French city of Nice. (Photo  | AP)
Friday's attack was the latest in a string of similar assaults with vehicles in Europe, including in London, Berlin and the southern French city of Nice. (Photo | AP)
Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven places flowers and a candle on Queens Street where a hijacked beer truck ploughed into pedestrians at a central Stockholm department store Friday.  (Photo | AP)
Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven places flowers and a candle on Queens Street where a hijacked beer truck ploughed into pedestrians at a central Stockholm department store Friday. (Photo | AP)

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