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| 3 killed & many injured after truck drives into pedestrians, crashes into Stockholm dept store(LIVE) | |
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| Three people have been killed and many injured after a truck drove into pedestrians on a Stockholm street before crashing into a department store, police have confirmed. Authorities say they are treating the incident as a possible terrorist attack. | |
| Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven says that all details indicate the incident was a “terrorist attack.” The suspect has been detained, he told a news conference. | |
| A reporter for Sveriges Radio said he saw at least three dead people. Public service radio EKOT also reported that three people were killed in the incident. | |
| Swedish police have issued a warning to avoid Stockholm’s city center. All Stockholm subway services have been shut down, according to TT news agency. | Swedish police have issued a warning to avoid Stockholm’s city center. All Stockholm subway services have been shut down, according to TT news agency. |
| Footage posted on Twitter shows panicked pedestrians fleeing the scene. | |
| “I saw hundreds of people run, they ran for their lives,” a witness by the name of Anna told the newspaper, adding that she also fled the scene. | |
| A worker at Åhlens department store said the truck drove into the store’s perfume department. He said an alarm went off inside the store and everyone was asked to leave the building, SVT reported. | A worker at Åhlens department store said the truck drove into the store’s perfume department. He said an alarm went off inside the store and everyone was asked to leave the building, SVT reported. |
| A photo posted online shows the truck after it crashed into the department store, with the caption stating that the vehicle came from a direction in which trucks are not allowed. | |
| Radio Sweden is reporting that the truck caught fire after crashing into the department store. | |
| Helicopters are circling above the area, a witness told SVT. | Helicopters are circling above the area, a witness told SVT. |
| Footage posted on Twitter shows panicked pedestrians fleeing the scene. | Footage posted on Twitter shows panicked pedestrians fleeing the scene. |
| The area has been cordoned off by police. Authorities were alerted at 2:53pm local time, according to SVT. | |
| An employee at the nearby Stockholm Inn hotel told RT that hotel employees and guests are being “informed to stay in here because it's not over yet.” She added that she has not heard any shots fired. | |
| Facebook has also activated its safety check for people in the Stockholm area. | |
| Swedish brewery Spendrups has reportedly said that one of its trucks was hijacked earlier on Friday. | |
| A witness by the name of Dimitris told Aftonbladet that he saw at least two people run over by the vehicle. | A witness by the name of Dimitris told Aftonbladet that he saw at least two people run over by the vehicle. |
| The incident comes less than three weeks after an attacker plowed a truck into pedestrians in London, killing four people. One police officer was also fatally stabbed by the attacker. | The incident comes less than three weeks after an attacker plowed a truck into pedestrians in London, killing four people. One police officer was also fatally stabbed by the attacker. |
| An attacker also smashed a truck through a Christmas market in Berlin in December, killing 12 people. | |
| Last July, an attacker in Nice, France, plowed a truck into pedestrians during a Bastille Day celebration, killing 86 people. |