A truck drove into the crowd of a busy department store in central Stockholm on Friday killing 3 people and injuring others. The Police are said to have received a call by an SOS alarm which said that one person driving a truck had run into others on Drottninggatan. The accident, according to initial reports to have taken place before 1300 GMT. The incident took place at the corner of the Athens department store and the city’s biggest pedestrian street, just above the Stockholm central subway system. Videos available on social media suggest that the region has been blocked by police and crowds have gathered around the cops. Meanwhile, helicopters have also been seen hovering above the spot.
Follow live updates:
12:40 pm: Four dead and 12 injured as truck ploughed into crowd. Police arrested one in connection with the attack.
11:35 pm: Indian Ambassador to Sweden, Monika Mohta, said ANI that she saw two people lying on street, helicopters flying and heard loud noises.
10:16 PM: I am in touch with Indian Ambassador in Sweden. The attack was very close to Indian Embassy. Our embassy officials are safe: Sushma Swaraj
Immediate aftermath of Stockholm truck attack caught in dramatic footage (VIDEOS) https://t.co/VBuTWxf8r1 pic.twitter.com/pGFegOza72
— RT (@RT_com) April 7, 2017
08:59 PM: Swedish police says there are several dead, several injured after truck ran into crowd in downtown Stockholm.
08:59 PM: Stockholm truck incident is an “attack on us all” – EU’s Jean Claude Juncker.
08:44 PM: Paramedics could also be seen tending to the injured near the truck
08:40 PM: One person has been arrested after the lorry terror attack at a #Stockholm department store
08:28 PM: The attack in Stockholm happened a few meters from Indian embassy not a few 100 metres as reported earlier
ANI Exclusive: Visuals of the Stockholm attack from Drottninggatan street (Visuals deferred by unspecified time) pic.twitter.com/tu4koGRL4m
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 7, 2017
08:27 PM: I was in a nearby store on Drottninggatan street when attack happened, there was a lot of chaos, people crying- Eyewitness
08:25 PM: Swedish prime minister says one person arrested in the deadly truck attack on a Stockholm department store.
08:23 PM: Swedish intelligence agency says `a large number of injured’ when truck crashes into Stockholm department store.
We condemn the attack in Stockholm. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased & prayers with those injured. @SwedishPM
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 7, 2017
JUST IN: Video shows pedestrians flee the scene of vehicle incident in Stockholm, Sweden. Latest updates: https://t.co/marju7M9wC pic.twitter.com/gvXEuqDLZH
— CNN (@CNN) April 7, 2017
08:20 PM: Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven says everything indicates truck crashing into department store is “a terror attack”
08: 18 PM: Swedish media say 5 people killed as a truck crashes into a Stockholm store; shots also fired.