Eyewitnesses recount Stockholm truck attack

Record ID: 559738

  • Title: Eyewitnesses recount Stockholm truck attack
  • Date: 7th April 2017
  • Summary: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (APRIL 7, 2017) (REUTERS) POLICE DIRECTING TRAFFIC (SOUNDBITE) (Swedish) FIRST EYEWITNESS (NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING: "When it came to a halt we saw a man lying under the wheel. It was horrible to see." (SOUNDBITE) (Swedish) SECOND EYEWITNESS (NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING: "I was standing on Drottninggatan and walked past. Then I saw people lying on the ground injured." VARIOUS OF STREET WITH POLICE CORDON, SEEN FROM HIGH UP
  • Embargoed: 21st April 2017 16:32
  • Keywords: Stockholm attack eyewitness photograph
  • Location: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
  • City: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
  • Country: Sweden
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,International/National Security
  • Reuters ID: LVA0036BEJE4N
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: AUDIO AS INCOMING
    An eyewitness to an attack on a shopping street in Stockholm on Friday (April 7) recalled seeing a truck approaching at 50-60 km/h, running people over and finally crashing into a department store before catching fire.
    The young man, who did not give a name, also said he saw a family with a small child being saved thanks to a lamppost in the truck's path.
    Another young man said he saw several people "lying on the ground injured".
    No arrests have been made in connection with the incident, killing and injuring several people, the Swedish police said on their website.
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