On 7 April 2017, a vehicle-ramming terrorist attack took place in central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. A hijacked truck was deliberately driven into crowds along Drottninggatan before being crashed into an Åhléns department store. Five people were killed and 14 others were seriously injured.
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DrottninggatanStreet in central Stockholm, Sweden
StockholmCapital and most populous city of Sweden
TerrorismUse of violence to achieve political or ideological aims
Islamic StateSalafi jihadist militant organisation
ÅhlénsChain of Swedish department stores
Central European Summer TimeDaylight saving time in the Central European time zone
UTC+02:00Identifier for a time offset from UTC of +2
Vehicle-ramming attackForm of attack in which a perpetrator rams vehicle into people or structures
