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Swedish police say they have suspected driver in Stockholm attack in custody

Click to play video: 'Terrorists ram truck into crowd in Sweden’s capital'
Terrorists ram truck into crowd in Sweden’s capital
A stolen beer truck was driven down a street in Stockholm's shopping district, ramming into a crowd of people. As Mike Armstrong reports, police have one man under arrest after four people were killed, and 15 others were injured – Apr 7, 2017

The man arrested yesterday in relation to the attack in the centre of Stockholm is suspected of being the driver of the truck that killed four people, police said on Saturday.

“The person in question has been arrested as the culprit … in this case the driver,” police spokesman Lars Bystrom said.

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“Then, there can be other people who are associated with him, but we do not know that at the current time.”

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The man was detained in a northern Stockholm suburb on Friday and later arrested on suspicion of having committed a terror crime.

READ MORE: 2 arrested after Stockholm truck attack kills 4, injures 15

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