- Title: Uzbek suspect in Swedish attack sympathised with Islamic State
- Date: 9th April 2017
- Summary: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (APRIL 9, 2017) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR POLICE BUILDING SIGN READING: (Swedish): "POLICE" MEDIA STANDING OUTSIDE POLICE BUILDING NEWS CONFERENCE BEGINNING (SOUNDBITE) (Swedish) NATIONAL STRATEGIC COMMANDER, JONAS HYSING, SAYING: "We know that he (the truck attack suspect) showed sympathies for extremist organisations, among them IS (Islamic State). We have no further comment on that." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Swedish) REGIONAL STRATEGIC COMMANDER, JAN EVENSSON, SAYING: "All (victims) are identified and all relatives notified. They are two Swedish citizens, one British citizen and one Belgian citizen." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Swedish) POLICE OFFICIAL, NATIONAL STRATEGIC COMMANDER JONAS HYSING, SAYING: "We know that in 2014 he applied for a residency permit in Sweden, we know that in June 2016 that application was rejected by the Migration Agency and the Migration Agency decided on expulsion. In December 2016, he is given a deadline to leave the country voluntary, within four weeks, and he was notified by the Migration Agency. NEWS CONFERENCE END
- Embargoed: 23rd April 2017 13:22
- Keywords: police truck suspect Stockholm
- Location: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
- City: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
- Country: Sweden
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
- Reuters ID: LVA0016BOEXC7
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- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: AUDIO AS PART INCOMING
An Uzbek man suspected of ramming a truck into a crowd in Stockholm, killing four people, had expressed sympathy for Islamic State and was wanted for failing to comply with a deportation order, Swedish police said on Sunday (April 9).
Another 15 people were injured on Friday (April 7) when a hijacked beer delivery truck barrelled down a busy shopping street before crashing into a department store and catching fire. The Uzbek was arrested several hours later.
The Stockholm suspect, aged 39 and from the Central Asian republic of Uzbekistan, applied for permanent residence in Sweden in 2014. But his bid was rejected and he was wanted for disregarding an order for his deportation, Jonas Hysing, chief of national police operations, told a news conference.
Police had been looking for him since the Nordic country's Migration Agency in December gave him four weeks to leave the country. He had not been known as a militant threat by the security services before Friday's attack. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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