[Metro] At least three dead and shots fired as truck crashes into crowds in Stockholm| The article is already updating at 10:30 EDT: |
The incident unfolded in Drottninggatan, a shopping district in the centre of the Swedish capital.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has said everything indicates that the Stockholm truck crash is ‘a terror attack’.
One person has been arrested following the incident, the Swedish PM confirmed.
Police also said a number of people had been hurt in the incident, which comes after vehicles were used in terror attacks in Nice and Berlin last year and in London just two weeks ago.
The vehicle crashed into a busy department store in central Stockholm, with dramatic pictures from the scene showing fire and smoke billowing out of the cab of the truck.
People nearby were seen fleeing for their lives as the vehicle careered towards them.
| 10:32 a.m. EDT: Bright Pebbles submitted a link to the Ha'aretz article on the same story. Both are updating as information comes in, so check both to see the latest. Update at 11:00 a.m. EDT: Beavis submitted a link to the BBC article on the story shortly before the above was published, which adds: |
The crash happened at the Ahlens department store just before 15:00 local time (13:00 GMT).
Swedish brewery Spendrups said its lorry had been stolen on its way to a restaurant delivery.
Shots have also reportedly been fired in another part of the city, says BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner, citing security sources.
It is not clear whether the two incidents are connected.