Swedish police hunt for driver in capital’s truck-ramming attack

Swedish police were on a manhunt for the driver of the stolen truck who slammed into a crowd of people on Friday outside a department store in Stockholm, killing at least three and injuring more.

Police said one arrest was made in the incident but that they did not have the driver in custody. They released a picture of a suspect captured on video surveillance cameras near the scene of the attack.

“We do not have contact with the driver,” national police chief Dan Eliasson told reporters, as another police officer showed a picture of a man wearing a white sweater and dark hoodie under a military green jacket, with dark stubble on his face.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack and police in a later news conference said no one has been arrested, contradicting earlier Swedish media reports that one person was in custody.

“We have no contact with the person or persons who drove the truck,” Sweden’s top police chief, Dan Eliasson, told reporters.

“Right now, we have no one arrested,” said Jan Evensson of the Stockholm police, who urged people not to drive into central Stockholm.

Earlier Friday, a hijacked truck ploughed into a crowd of people outside a busy department store in Stockholm Friday, causing “deaths” in what the prime minister described as a “terror attack.”

Authorities also said they could not immediately provide a death toll or say how many were injured but local media said two or three people had lost their lives in the attack

The attack, which also caused several injuries, was the latest in a string of similar assaults with vehicles in Europe that include the southern French city of Nice, Berlin and London.

“There are deaths, and many injured,” Nina Odermalm Schei, a spokeswoman for Swedish intelligence agency Sapo, told AFP, without giving a precise figure.

“Sweden has been attacked. Everything points to a terror attack,” said Prime Minister Stefan Lofven.