Four Dead in Stockholm Truck Attack
4/8/17
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from The Wall Street Journal,
4/7/17:
Police say they detained and identified a man seen in security footage but haven’t said he was driver.
A man drove a heavy truck into a crowd in Stockholm’s busiest shopping area, killing four people in what authorities called a “terror attack,” and highlighting how exposed European cities are to the low-tech tactic of mowing down pedestrians with a vehicle.
Friday’s attack, which police said also left 15 wounded, appeared drawn from the playbook used by suspected Islamic State sympathizers in London last month and other European cities last year.
“Sweden has been attacked,” Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said. “Our whole country is in a state of shock.”
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