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Man Detained After Deadly Attack in Stockholm Likely to Be Truck's Driver

© REUTERS / TT News Agency/Anders WiklundPeople were killed when a truck crashed into department store Ahlens on Drottninggatan, in central Stockholm, Sweden April 7, 2017.
People were killed when a truck crashed into department store Ahlens on Drottninggatan, in central Stockholm, Sweden April 7, 2017. - Sputnik International
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A man detained by Swedish police on Friday after a deadly truck attack in Stockholm might have been the driver and is suspected of committing a terrorist attack, local police said Saturday.

Ambulance in a street near the site were a truck was driven into a crowd in central Stockholm, Sweden - Sputnik International
About 10 People Remain in Hospital After Truck Attack in Stockholm
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Friday afternoon, a stolen truck rammed into a crowd on a major pedestrian street in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm. At least four people were killed and over a dozen were injured as a result.

"As far as I understand, the detained man is likely to be the driver," police spokesman Lars Bystrom told Radio Sweden (Sveriges Radio).

So far, police arrested two man on suspicion of being involved in the deadly attack. The first suspect is a 39-year-old Uzbek national living in Sweden. The man had reportedly posted propaganda related to the Islamic State (IS, also known as Daesh) terrorist group, banned in a range of countries, including Russia, on his Facebook page.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said the attack was most likely an act of terrorism.

The investigation is underway.

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