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The attack in Stockholm. Main
On the afternoon on Friday, April 7, in the center of Stockholm, the truck crashed into passers -by. Four people were killed, at least 15 were injured (data at 22:00 in Moscow on April 7). The Prime Minister of Sweden said that, according to the available information, we are talking about the attack. In the evening, the police announced the detention of the suspect in connection with the terrorist attack. Medusa tells the main thing about the terrorist attack in the center of Stockholm.
The attack occurred in the very center of Stockholm. The truck crashed into passers -by on a pedestrian street Dotninggatan, and then rammed the showcase of the department store åhlens. According to the Swedish authorities, two people were killed, although the media reports about three or even five dead. At least eight people were injured. It was also reported that shots were heard nearby, but these data were not confirmed.
The truck belonged to the Swedish brewer company Spendrup. Representatives of the company said that the truck was stolen shortly before the attack. On the afternoon of April 7, the car delivered beer for shopping and restaurants of Stockholm, while unloading at the Caliente restaurant into the driver’s cabin, the unknown person jumped and left. The driver, according to representatives of Spendrup, was not injured.
Sweden Prime Minister Stefan Leven immediately called the incident a terrorist attack. “Sweden was attacked,” the politician said. According to him, all the information at the disposal of the authorities indicates that it is a terrorist attack. Leven also said that the police had already detained the suspect in the attack, but the police at the official press conference said that no detentions were carried out in connection with the terrorist attack.
Updated at 01.35 in Moscow. In the evening, the police announced the detention of a suspect, similar to a person with previously common photography . How exactly he is connected with the incident is not specified. According to AFTONBLADET, the detainee is a 39-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan .
After the attack in Stockholm, the metro was closed. In addition, at the request of the police, traffic on railway branches associated with the central station of the city was stopped. All passengers were taken out of the station building, the media reported that a panic arose during the evacuation. The building of the Sweden parliament is cordoned off, the authorities asked the townspeople to avoid traveling to the city center if possible.
The Russian Foreign Ministry, commenting on the terrorist attack in Stockholm, warned of the "danger of geopolitical experiments." The official representative of the ministry Maria Zakharova, answering a question about the terrorist attack, said: “These endless geopolitical experiments will not bring to good. You can engage in political modeling as much as you like, but we always see the same result - it is suffering, it is refugees, it is an increase in terrorism, it is not a resolution, but the aggravation of all basic international problems. ”
Konstantin Benyumov