 | This article needs to be updated. (April 2019) |
| 2017 Stockholm attack | |
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| Location | Drottninggata, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Date | 7 April 2017 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 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.
The attack killed five people.
