Swedish police arrested a man in Stockholm terror attack that killed 4

At least three people are dead and several injured after a truck rammed into a crowd on a main shopping street in central Stockholm. Sweden’s prime minister has said the evidence points to a terrorist attack. The police released the picture of a man sought in connection with the apparent attack. By 8 p.m. local time, a man was arrested in connection with the crime 25 miles from the Swedish capital. The central train station in the city was evacuated by the police.

At least four people died and 15 more were injured after a truck drove into a crowd in Stockholm on Friday afternoon, the Swedish police said in a press conference.

By 8 p.m. local time, a man was arrested in connection with the crime 25 miles from the Swedish capital.

According to a Reuters report, police declined to comment on the identity of the man or his motives, but Swedish public radio, citing unnamed sources, said he was from Uzbekistan.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said it was believed to be “a terror attack,” according to the Associated Press.

Local newspaperAftonbladet reported that a man with minor injuries confessed to being behind the wheel of a hijacked truck. He was detained in Märsta, a suburb 25 miles north of Stockholm.

Earlier, the police were reportedly looking to speak with a man who was wearing a green jacket, white shoes, and a grey hoodie.

Police released a picture taken near the scene of the carnage Friday and urged people to call if they spotted him. They have not confirmed whether the man in the circulated picture was the same one that was arrested. By 8 p.m. local time, two people not identified as suspects were taken in for questioning, the local newspaper Aftonbladet reports.

“We do not know if this is an isolated incident or if we can expect anything more,” the police said at a press conference.

At about 3 p.m. local time, the truck drove into people on a busy street in central Stockholm and crashed into a department store. Aftonbladet reported that the Swedish beermaker Spendrups said one of its trucks had been hijacked earlier Friday.

The police evacuated the city’s main train station, where an operation is ongoing. Reports of a shooting in another part of town have surfaced, but the police have not confirmed those reports.

The entire subway system in the city was shut down, and the police cut off the area around where the truck crashed into the department store, Åhlens City.

A local reporter, Martin Svenningsen, who was present at the scene, told the Swedish radio station SR Echo that he “saw at least three dead, but there are probably more,” adding: “It’s a complete mess here.”

Facebook’s Safety Check feature was activated for the incident in Stockholm, and police told people to avoid the city centre.

Many witnesses told local media outlets that they saw the truck drive into people on Queen Street and then into a store’s display window. They reported “total confusion” and “complete chaos” in the city. A witness said an alarm went off in the department store and everyone was asked to leave the building.

Police officers in some major cities in Norway were authorised to carry weapons following the attack, and the Helsinki police said they would tighten security measures in the centre of the Finnish capital.

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