TERROR IN SWEDEN: At least five people dead after stolen truck rams pedestrians in Stockholm shopping centre and ‘three gunmen’ open fire before police bundle a suspect to the ground
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Carnage on streets of Swedish capital leaves five dead and dozens more hurt
Masked man hijacked beer truck and ploughed into crowds outside Stockholm’s largest shopping centre
Three men were seen leaping from the lorry and opening fire on officers and pedestrians at around 3pm
Two terror suspects are arrested after shootout – but third gunman may be hiding in city’s Central Station
Prime Minister Stefan Lofven says the truck crash ‘is an act of terror’ and asks people to stay off the streets
By ISOBEL FRODSHAM and ABE HAWKEN
DailyMail.com
7 April 2017
Up to five people are believed to have been killed in a terrorist attack when a stolen truck rammed into shoppers in Stockholm before running through the city centre shooting at and stabbing pedestrians.
Three men were seen leaping from the lorry and opening fire on police who had surrounded the hijacked vehicle at around 3pm local time.
Police said the vehicle crashed into a group of people on the street outside a shopping centre after racing down six streets.
Hundreds of shoppers were seen fleeing for their lives after the articulated truck rammed into the corner of the building. Dozens were believed to have been injured.
The driver was said by witnesses to be wearing a balaclava. Two suspects are thought to have been arrested.
The incident took place at Ahlens, a department store in Klarabergsgatan.
Armed ‘terrorists’ were then seen running into Stockholm’s Central railway station and opening fire. Two people were also said to have been stabbed.
Police have shut the station down, which is the main hub for communal transport in the city.
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