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Agence France-Presse: Sweden arrests man for ‘terrorist crime’ after truck attack

Published April 8, 2017 at 9:55 am

Damage to a store is revealed after the stolen truck, which was driven through a crowd outside a department in Stockholm on April 7, was taken away on April 8. A massive manhunt was underway for the driver of the stolen truck that ploughed into the crowd, killing four and injuring 15, Swedish police said. National police chief, Stefan Hector, said the police's "working hypothesis is that this is a terror attack.

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Sweden early Saturday arrested a man for a “terrorist crime” hours after a beer truck ploughed into a crowd outside a busy department store in central Stockholm, killing four and injuring 15.

The man was arrested “on suspicion of a terrorist crime through murder,” Karin Rosander, a communications director at the Swedish Prosecution Authority, told AFP.