Four killed by truck driven into crowd in Swedish capital

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) - A truck ploughed into a crowd on a shopping street and crashed into a department store in central Stockholm on Friday, killing four people and wounding 15 in what the prime minister said appeared to be a terrorist attack.

Police said they had arrested one person in a northern Stockholm suburb after earlier circulating a picture of a man wearing a grey hoodie in connection with the investigation into the attack on Drottninggatan (Queen Street) using a hijacked beer truck.

“These kinds of actions will never succeed. We know that our enemies are these atrocious murderers and not each other,” Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, who had earlier described the assault as a terrorist attack, told a news conference.

“Our message will always be clear: you will not defeat us, you will not govern our lives, you will never, ever win.” There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Police said security at Swedish borders had been heightened. They did not rule out the possibility other attackers were involved.

“I turned around and saw a big truck coming towards me. It swerved from side to side. It didn’t look out of control, it was trying to hit people,” Glen Foran, an Australian tourist in his 40s, told Reuters.

“It hit people, it was terrible. It hit a pram with a kid in it, demolished it,” he said.

“It took a long time for police to get here. I suppose from their view it was quick, but it felt like forever.”