Stockholm Truck Attack Kills 4; Terrorism Is Suspected -
By CHRISTINA ANDERSON and MARTIN SELSOE SORENSENAPRIL 7, 2017
STOCKHOLM — A man drove a stolen beer truck into a crowd of people in a popular shopping district in Stockholm on Friday afternoon and then rammed it into a department store, killing four people and injuring 15 others in an attack
that unleashed bloodshed and panic on the streets of another European capital.
A version of this article appears in print on April 8, 2017, on Page A4 of the New York edition
with the headline: Terrorism Is Suspected as Truck Attack Kills 4 in Swedish Shopping Area.
Moments after the attack on Friday, Sweden’s Parliament was placed on lockdown, trains were canceled
and the police, who blocked off the affected area, urged people to stay at home and avoid the city center.
Bystanders fled after a truck rammed into a store on a busy shopping street on Friday afternoon.
