A person was formally identified as a suspect "of terrorist offenses by murder" by driving a hijacked truck into a crowd of pedestrians in Stockholm, Sweden, The Associated Press reported Saturday. Four people were killed and 15 were wounded in the incident, police said.
Prosecutor Hans Ihrman said Saturday that the unidentified suspect should face a pre-trial custody hearing before midday Tuesday or be released. Ihrman and police spokesman Lars Bystrom said only one person had been arrested in the case.
According to the Aftonbladet newspaper and Swedish radio, the suspect is a 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan. Police did not respond to the reports.
“We do not comment on what we have seized,” Bystrom said, declining to confirm or deny media reports that a bag of explosives had been found in the truck.
The stolen beer truck traveled for more than 500 yards along a main pedestrian street known as the Drottninggatan before it smashed into a crowd outside the upscale Ahlens department store about 3 p.m. Friday.
It came to rest in the entrance to the building. TV footage showed smoke coming out of the store after the crash.
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