A British person has been identified as one of the victims of the Stockholm terror truck attack, it has been confirmed
All four victims have now been identified and they also include two Swedes and a Belgian.
One victim was confirmed by Swedish police as an 11-year-old girl.
The attack, in which a hijacked truck ploughed through pedestrians in the capital’s shopping district on Friday, also left fifteen people injured.
On Friday, police arrested a suspect, identified as a 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan, who they said was likely to be driving the vehicle.
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Investigators also disclosed a “suspect device” was found inside the lorry which was reported by state media to be a “bag of explosives”.
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On Sunday, police revealed the suspect was an asylum seeker who sought residency in Sweden in 2014 but had his application rejected.
It was also said the man was wanted in relation to a deportation order and had “sympathies” for terror groups.
Police spokesman Jonas Hysing said: “We know that he showed sympathies for extremist organisations, among them IS.”
Police also said roughly five other people of interest to the investigation remained in police custody and stressed there was no evidence of any planned further attacks.
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