Truck crashes into Stockholm store, 2 killed

A large beer truck crashed into an upscale department store in central Stockholm on Friday, killing at least two people, according to Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, who called the crash a terror attack. One person was arrested. Broadcaster SVT said at least five people were killed in the attack while Swedish radio reported three dead, but police could not immediately confirm those reports.

At least two people were killed when a truck drove into a crowd on a shopping street and crashed into a department store in central Stockholm on Friday, police said.

Swedish state radio reported that three had died in the incident.

An area of central Stockholm was cordoned off and large numbers of police and emergency services were at the scene. The area was evacuated. “I saw at least three dead, but probably more,” Swedish radio reporter Martin Svenningsen said.

A Reuters witness saw a number of body-like forms covered by blankets at the scene of the incident.

Witness Jan Granroth told Aftonbladet, a Swedish daily, that “we stood inside a shoe store and heard something ... and then people started to scream.” He said “I looked out of the store and saw a big truck.”

The Swedish news agency TT said several people were rushed away in ambulances, and live television footage showed smoke coming out of the department store that the truck smashed into.

Swedish police said they have received calls about a person who had injured others driving a vehicle on the central Stockholm street of Drottninggatan.