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2017 Stockholm truck attack
| 2017 Stockholm truck attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
 The truck used in the attack (right) being removed from the scene | |
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| Location | Drottninggatan, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Coordinates | 59°19′58″N 018°03′44″E / 59.33278°N 18.06222°E |
| Date | 7 April 2017 c. 14:53 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Target | Civilian pedestrians |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack, mass murder, terrorism |
| Weapons | Hijacked Mercedes-Benz Actros[3] |
| Deaths | 5[4] |
| Injured | 15 serious[5] |
| Perpetrators |  ISIS |
| Assailant | Rakhmat Akilov |
| Motive | Islamic terrorism, Protest against Swedish government military training in Iraq |
On 7 April 2017, a vehicle-ramming Islamist terrorist attack took place in central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. A hijacked truck was deliberately driven into crowds along Drottninggatan (Queen Street) before being crashed into an Åhléns department store. Five people were killed and 14 others were seriously injured.
The perpetrator was Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old rejected asylum seeker and a citizen of Uzbekistan, who was apprehended several hours later. He had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State in a self-recorded video the day before the attack,[6] and Uzbek authorities alleged that he had joined the group.[7] Akilov was convicted of murder and terrorist crimes, and sentenced to life in prison and, if released, deportation to Uzbekistan and lifetime expulsion from Sweden.[8]
- ^ "Gärningsmannens iskalla manöver med lastbilen vid attacken". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "570 meter av ren skräck" [570 meters of pure horror] (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 8 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ Andersson, Aron (10 April 2017). "Det här är lastbilsmodellen som användes i attacken – nu efterfrågas bättre säkerhet". Metro.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Woman injured in Stockholm attack dies in hospital". Sveriges Radio. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ Ekéus, Carolina. "Över tusen förhör i terrorutredning". Polisen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Punkt för punkt – det här visar stämningsansökan mot Akilov". DN.SE (in Swedish). 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Reuters-14Aprilwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Jones, Evelyn (7 June 2018). "Stockholm terrorist Rakhmat Akilov sentenced to life in prison". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
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