2017 Stockholm attack
terrorist attack in Stockholm, Sweden on 7 April 2017 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2017 Stockholm attack happened on 7 April 2017, at about 2:50 pm local time (13:50 UTC) in central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. According to SÄPO, a speeding lorry drove through crowds along the Drottninggatan pedestrian street and smashed through the front of an Åhléns department store, killing at least four people and wounding several others.[1][2][3][4][5]
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2017 Stockholm attack | |
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Location | Drottninggatan, Stockholm, Sweden |
Date | 7 April 2017 (2017-04-07) c. 2:50 pm (GMT) |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack |
Weapons | Mercedes-Benz Actros Truck |
Deaths | 5 |
Injured | 14 |
Perpetrator | Rakhmat Akilov |
Motive | Islamic terrorism Protest against Swedish government military training in Iraq |
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The attack killed five people.