2017 Stockholm attack

terrorist attack in Stockholm, Sweden on 7 April 2017

The 2017 Stockholm attack happened on 7 April 2017, at about 2:50 pm local time (13:50 UTC) in central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. According to SÄPO, a speeding lorry drove through crowds along the Drottninggatan pedestrian street and smashed through the front of an Åhléns department store, killing at least four people and wounding several others.[1][2][3][4][5]

2017 Stockholm attack
Drottninggatan with the truck that crashed into the entrance to Åhléns.
LocationDrottninggatan, Stockholm, Sweden
Date7 April 2017 (2017-04-07)
c. 2:50 pm (GMT)
Attack type
Vehicle-ramming attack
WeaponsMercedes-Benz Actros Truck
Deaths5
Injured
14
PerpetratorRakhmat Akilov
MotiveIslamic terrorism Protest against Swedish government military training in Iraq

The attack killed five people.

References change

  1. karin.thurfjell, Karin Thurfjell. "Akilov häktad – erkänner terroristbrott". Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. "Stockholm lorry rams crowds, killing at least four people". BBC News. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  3. "Stockholm truck crash: 'Three dead and shots fired' as lorry crashes into pedestrians". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  4. "Four killed by truck driven into crowd in Swedish capital". 8 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017 – via Reuters.
  5. "4 dead in Stockholm truck attack, 2 arrested – Swedish Police". Retrieved 11 April 2017.