Up to five people are believed to have
been killed in a terrorist attack when a stolen truck rammed into
shoppers in Stockholm today.
Police said the vehicle crashed into a group of people on the street outside a shopping centre after racing down six streets.
Hundreds of shoppers were seen fleeing for their lives after the articulated truck rammed into the corner of the building.
Shots
were heard and the driver, who was said by witnesses to be wearing a
balaclava, is thought to have been arrested. There were also reports of
shots at a second incident.
The incident took place at Ahlens Mall in Klarabergsgatan.
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People were seen running after a truck crashed into the mall earlier this afternoon
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The back of the truck, sticking out of the shopping centre, is seen here
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Shocking photographs show the devastation that has taken place outside of Ahlens Mall in Klarabergsgatan
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A man in scrubs was seen walking along the street with several emergency services people behind him
The truck is understood to have been stolen or hijacked from a Spendrups brewery. Extinguisher
was seen being sprayed on to the vehicle.
Prime
Minister Stefan Löfven said everything pointed to the incident being a
terror attack and confirmed one person has been arrested.
Armed police were scrambled to the scene and were seen marching into the store.
A Swedish radio reporter said she had seen at least five dead bodies, Aftonbladet reported.
Police spokeswoman Towe Hagg said: 'A vehicle has injured people on Drottningatan.'
Witnesses described seeing a 'lone man' put a balaclava over his face before he drove the drunk into crowds of people.
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An injured person was seen being carried from the scene by a group of bystanders
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Blood was seen on the streets outside of the shopping centre where five people are said to have been killed
Anna who witnessed the incident, said: 'I saw hundreds of people ran, they ran for their lives.
'I turned and ran as well.'
Eyewitness Jan Granroth was inside a shoe shop when he heard screams.
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Above are the scenes in the city currently, where dozens of emergency services vehicles are tending to injured people
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A policeman was seen wearing a gas mask in the city centre
He told Swedish daily paper Aftonbladet: 'We stood inside a shoe store and people started screaming.
'So I looked out of the store and I saw a huge truck slam into the wall opposite.'
Mr Granroth managed to escape after running through an emergency exit.
Another witness, called Dimitris, described the panic and saw 'at least' two people being run over.
He
said: I went to the main street when a big truck came out of nowhere. I
could not see if anyone was driving it but it got out of control.
'I saw at least two being run over - I ran as fast as I could.'
A woman, called Anna, witnessed the incident and described seeing 'hundreds of people running for their lives'.
She said: 'I turned and ran after seeing hundreds of people running, they ran for their lives.'
Shocking video footage showed hundreds of terrified shoppers sprint for their lives after the truck rammed into pedestrians.
Just
moments after the suspected terrorist incident, armed police wearing
gas masks quickly rushed to the scene and shut off the busy road in the
centre of the capital.
Maria Nathalie was on the top floor of the store when the fire alarm was triggered.
Speaking on the phone, she told NBC: 'People started running down the stairs when the fire alarm started.
'When we came down to the bottom of the building all we could see was a lot of smoke.'
This
comes after trucks were used in terror attacks in Nice and Berlin last
year. A car was also used to kill pedestrians in the Westminster Bridge
two weeks ago which killed five people.
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