2017 Stockholm truck attack

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2017 Stockholm attack
Location	Stockholm, Sweden
Date	7 April 2017 (UTC+1)
Target	Civilians
Deaths	3
Injured	8

The 2017 Stockholm attack occurred on 7 April 2017 at about 2:55pm local time (12:55 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 two individuals. and wounding several others.

The local police are treating the situation as a suspected terrorist attack, and the Parliament House and the Stockholm subway system were locked down in response. The company that owned the lorry reported the vehicle has been stolen.

Initial reports mentioned that shots were also fired at Fridhemsplan, Kungsholmen, an island to the west of the city centre.

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