2017 Stockholm attack

The 2017 Stockholm attack happened on 7 April 2017, at about 2:50 pm local time (13:50 UTC) in central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. According to SÄPO, a speeding lorry drove through crowds along the Drottninggatan pedestrian street and smashed through the front of an Åhléns department store, killing at least four people and wounding several others.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

2017 Stockholm attack
Drottninggatan with the Truck that crashed into the entrance to Åhléns.
Location	Drottninggata, Stockholm, Sweden
Date	7 April 2017 (2017-04-07) c. 2:50 pm (GMT)
Target	Pedestrians
Attack type	Car attack
Weapons	Mercedes-Benz Actros Truck
Deaths	5
Injured	14
Perpetrator	Rakhmat Akilov
Motive	Islamic terrorism Protest against Swedish government military training in Iraq

The attack killed five people.