Watch video below of the Truck attack
Swedish police snared a suspected Isis fanatic following a high-speed chase and arrested him relation to the Stockholm truck attack that saw at least four people killed and 15 injured. The 39-year-old father-of-four was arrested last night in the northern suburb of Marsta after going on the run following the horrific attack. He was found 'lightly injured' and was wearing a balaclava and with broken glass on his clothes. Pictured: the second man being arrested.
The first
man to be arrested is being held on suspicion of committing a terrorist crime
by murder.
He was
detained on Friday evening, after police released a grainy CCTV image of a
person of interest, with a second arrest reportedly made later.
Swedish
Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has called it a terrorist attack.
More than
a dozen people were injured.
The
country's borders have been tightened at the prime minister's request.
The lorry
crashed into the front of Ahlens department store in the middle of the
afternoon on Drottninggatan (Queen Street), one of the city's major pedestrian
thoroughfares.
The beer
company that owns the vehicle said it was hijacked outside a nearby restaurant,
where it was making a delivery.
Police shared the
image of the man, dressed in a hooded jacket, early on Friday evening.
They
confirmed a man resembling him was arrested in Marsta, 40km (25 miles) north of
Stockholm.
"We
have investigated several people this evening, who we found interesting in one
way or another, and recently we arrested someone we are very interested
in," said police investigator Jan Evensson, referring to the Marsta
arrest.
He is
being held on suspicion of committing a terrorist crime, the state prosecutor's
office said, and is in prolonged detention, according to a police website.
The
second man, detained in the Hjulsta in the north-west of Stockholm, had links
to the man arrested in Marsta, local media reported citing police sources.
In the
immediate aftermath, shoppers took refuge in nearby buildings for hours,
waiting for the area to be secured.
The
central station, which is near the Ahlens store, was evacuated.
The
metro, central roads and various bus lines were also shut.
City
authorities made several spaces, including a number of schools, available as
temporary accommodation for those who could not get home because of transport
disruptions
Eyewitnesses
described horrifying scenes outside the
store, as bodies and injured people lay on the ground.
In a
speech on Friday night, Prime Minister Lofven said Swedish values of democracy
and freedom would not be "undermined by hatred".
Timeline: Vehicle
ramming attacks in Europe and the US
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14 July 2016, Nice,
France: A man drove a lorry for 2km (1.2
miles) through a large crowd gathered to watch Bastille Day fireworks in Nice.
Eighty-six people were killed, and more than 300 injured.
§
28 November 2016, Ohio,
United States: An 18-year-old student rammed his car
into a group of pedestrians at Ohio State University and stabbed others. Eleven
people were injured before he was shot and killed.
§
19 December 2016, Berlin,
Germany: The attack in Berlin killed 12 people
and injured 49, when a man drove a lorry through the crowded Breitscheidplatz
Christmas market. So-called Islamic State said one of its "soldiers"
carried out the attack.
§
22 March 2017, London,
United Kingdom: Six
people died and at least 50 were injured when a car mounted the pavement on
London's Westminster bridge and drove at high speed through pedestrians. The
attacker then entered the parliament complex on foot and fatally stabbed a
police officer, before being shot.
§
23 March 2017, Antwerp,
Belgium: A man was caught by soldiers after he
drove at a crowd. Knives, a non-lethal gun and a dangerous substance were found
in his car - but no-one was injured. Terror charges were later dropped.
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