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Stockholm truck attacker sentenced to life in prison for terrorism
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Swedish court sentences a rejected Uzbek asylum seeker to life in prison for terrorism after he mowed down pedestrians with a stolen truck in central Stockholm last year, killing five people.
Rakhmat Akilov, 40, who swore allegiance to the Islamic State group on the eve of his attack, told the court during his trial that IS members had given him the green light on encrypted chat sites to carry out a suicide attack, but the group never claimed responsibility.
— AFP
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