Stockholm victims: Briton among four people killed in truck attack in Swedish capital, police say

Robin de Peyer9 April 2017

A British man is among four people who were killed when a truck was driven into pedestrians in Stockholm.

The victims of the terror attack were identified as two Swedes, a Belgian as well as the British citizen.

It comes as police revealed the suspected terrorist who drove into a department store in the heart of the Swedish capital was an asylum seeker who had his application rejected.

The 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan was known to security services and remains in custody.

He was sympathetic to extremist groups and had been sought by authorities for deportation, according to police.

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A Swedish police spokesman told a press conference: "All four deceased are now identified and family to the deceased are notified.

"There are two Swedish citizens among the deceased and there are two foreign citizens among the deceased and the countries' embassies are being contacted as we speak."

Asked which countries the foreign citizens were from, another representative from the police said: "Belgium and England."

A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: "We now know that a British man was killed during the attack in Stockholm.

The aftermath of the attack in Stockholm
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"We are supporting his family in Sweden and in the UK. Our thoughts are with them and all those affected at this terrible time. We will stand shoulder to shoulder with Sweden as they deal with this tragedy."

The man arrested remains officers’ prime suspect for the attack, which saw a hijacked lorry plough into the front of a shop in the pedestrian thoroughfare of Drottninggatan.

Four people were killed in the horrific assault and 10, including a child, remain in hospital. Two are in intensive care.

Swedish borders have been tightened at the request of the country’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven – who call the incident a terrorist attack.

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