Truck attack in Stockholm, Sweden

[Vixen]

News breaking is that a truck has driven down a main shopping street in Stockholm before crashing into a department store front. Two (corr) confirmed dead, many injured and the attacker is said to be on the loose, some say firing shots - which may be the police - and is said to have also carried out an arson attack.

The lorry has Kall ol on the side - which sounds Swedish - or could be another scandinavian country, which have similar languages.

Almost certainly a copy cat of Nice, Westminster and Germany.

 

[Belz...]

Another one? It's becoming a trend. A stupid trend.

There you go:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39531108

 

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Kall Ol means Cold Beer.

 

[Here_to_learn]

The Prime Minister reported that one person is arrested.

 

[Here_to_learn]

Right now the report says 3 dead, 8 injured.

A representative from the brewery has said that the truck was stolen from a driver that was delivering to a restaurant in the City.

Trains and Metro shut down, people are being asked to leave the city.

 

[William Parcher]

Trains and Metro shut down, people are being asked to leave the city.

That seems excessive for a nutcase driver who has now been arrested. Are they expecting more violence?

 

[Here_to_learn]

That seems excessive for a nutcase driver who has now been arrested. Are they expecting more violence?

Maybe expecting, or maybe minimizing risks.

 

[uke2se]

That seems excessive for a nutcase driver who has now been arrested. Are they expecting more violence?

To clarify, people are being asked to leave the area around the incident so that authorities can work.

Stockholm is not being evacuated.

 

[Vixen]

Right now the report says 3 dead, 8 injured.

A representative from the brewery has said that the truck was stolen from a driver that was delivering to a restaurant in the City.

Trains and Metro shut down, people are being asked to leave the city.

What does local press say about a reported 'second incident' in the city?

 

[MikeG]

Damn. I hope my daughter isn't there. She was going today.......

 

[Here_to_learn]

To clarify, people are being asked to leave the area around the incident so that authorities can work.

Stockholm is not being evacuated.

Good point, thank you. "City" as in the smaller part of Stockholm where in the incident happened.

 

[uke2se]

What does local press say about a reported 'second incident' in the city?

They are trying to get any kind of verification. Just rumors thus far.

"Second incident" would be reported gunshots in another area of Stockholm.

 

[Here_to_learn]

What does local press say about a reported 'second incident' in the city?

The media I follow have mentioned unconfirmed repots about shots fired in other parts of Stockholm, but I have not seen any confirmed reports, so this may be just rumors being repeated without any confirmation.

 

[Stacko]

Another one? It's becoming a trend. A stupid trend.

It's easy to get a vehicle and near impossible to stop someone from ramming a crowd with it. The ingenuity of desperation.

 

[Vixen]

It's easy to get a vehicle and near impossible to stop someone from ramming a crowd with it. The ingenuity of desperation.

The haulage truck company are saying the lorry was hijacked earlier today, so perhaps the moral is, people need to report stolen lorries urgently to the police.

AIUI the lorry used in the Berlin Christmas street market was hijacked in Poland and the Polish driver shot dead. His cousin reported him missing.

 

[Resume]

Trump was right again.

 

[Vixen]

Trump was right again.

He's in the wrong calling. He should set up as a soothsayer.

 

[Newtons Bit]

=[

 

[Vixen]

It's reported in ILTA-SANOMAT:

Kello 17.27: Tukholman alueen sairaalat on asetettu katastrofivalmiuteen, kertoo Aftonbladet.

Stockholm hospitals are prepared for the catastrophe, which made me think of my cousin's son Pauli who works there as a nurse.

Thoughts and prayers.

 

[asmodean]

Kall Ol means Cold Beer.

Yes, the truck was hijacked from a brewery (Spendrups).