Stockholm lorry rams crowds, killing 'at least three people'

[BIAD]

Stockholm lorry rams crowds, killing 'at least three people'

'A lorry has smashed into a store in central Stockholm, killing at
least three people, Swedish media say.
Several people were also injured in the incident on Drottninggatan
(Queen Street), one of the city's major pedestrian streets.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said everything pointed to
an act of terrorism.

Local media reported one arrest, but police have said no-one is
being held.

The police have also released a grainy image of a man, who was
caught on CCTV and is deemed a person of interest in the case.
Police at the scene told reporters three people had been killed,
but the death toll has not been confirmed by police headquarters.



The lorry was hijacked earlier on Friday, its owner said.
The crash happened at the Ahlens department store just before
15:00 local time (13:00 GMT)...'
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'Timeline: Vehicle ramming attacks in the west.

*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.'

[Mystic Wanderer]

Sigh...  such a terrible world we live in.  It's probably been this bad in other ways that we weren't aware of before the computer age for every household came to be.  It's just so "in your face" now... it's a bit overwhelming.  


So, did they run out of body bombs, or children to strap them onto?

[BIAD]

The information is still coming, Mystic... but I will resist the urge to use
the quote that this standard in a big city and we should get used to it.


It's up to four deaths now.

[BIAD]

Just an update of how this poor man decided his targets whilst on the scene.

Stockholm attack driver 'deliberately targeted young children' as he drove
hijacked lorry into crowd.

'A suspected terrorist targeted young children as he drove a hijacked lorry into a crowded shopping
street in Stockholm, witnesses claimed last night.

Infants’ buggies were sent “flying through the air”, one Swedish broadcaster reported, as the vehicle
zigzagged along the pedestrianised Queen Street shopping district and embedded itself in the window
of a department store.

“It swerved from side to side. It didn’t look out of control, it was trying to hit people,” a second witness,
Glen Foran, an Australian tourist, told Reuters. “It hit people, it was terrible. It hit a pram with a kid in it,
demolished it.”

Swedish police said on Saturday morning that they believe a 39-year-old suspect was behind the truck
attack which left four dead and 15 injured, but declined to comment on reports that the suspect was a
father-of-four from Uzbekistan.

The unnamed suspect reportedly confessed to the attack after being detained in Marsta, which is
around 25 miles north of the Swedish capital.

Some reports suggested he had previously posted jihadist propaganda on his Facebook page and
had images of people injured in the explosion at the Boston marathon in April 2013.

Police found explosives in the truck used in the attack in Stockholm, Swedish television said on Saturday
citing multiple unnamed police sources. Eight victims, including children, remain in hospital, according to
Swedish media.
Three of the victims died at the scene, a report said, while one died after arriving at the hospital...'
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