This article is better viewed at the link - lots of photos and tweets which don't copy easily
http://www.independent.ie/world-new...-pedestrian-street-in-stockholm-35603395.html
Here is a picture of the suspect though
Manhunt underway as police release image of suspect after at least five killed in truck attack on pedestrian street in Stockholm
Swedish Prime Minister: Everything indicates that Stockholm truck crash is 'a terror attack'
Lockdown: Police issue warning not to enter city centre, order evacuation of central train station
Five people confirmed dead after truck drives down pedestrian street
Reports of shooting in another area of Stockholm
Truck was 'hijacked or stolen' from brewery company
Government offices evacuated, cabinet ministers brought to safety
Police say no arrests have yet been made
A picture of the truck which the owner reports was stolen before the incident
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A picture of the truck which the owner reports was stolen before the incident
Kathy Armstrong, Denise Calnan and Amy Molloy
April 7 2017 2:08 PM
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Swedish police have released an image of a man they wish to speak to in relation to today's truck attack which has killed at least five people.
Police said there were no indications that an attack was imminent.
The Swedish Prime Minister has said everything indicates that the Stockholm truck crash which has killed at least five people and left several injured is "a terror attack".
No arrests have been made in connection with the incident in central Stockholm.
"No one has been arrested currently," the police said in a statement prior to the press conference.
"Given what has happened in other parts of Europe, we cannot currently exclude that this is a terrorist crime."
Police release image of suspect in Stockholm truck crash
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Police release image of suspect in Stockholm truck crash
The incident occurred near Queen Street in Central Stockholm shortly before 3pm, local time.
A vehicle drove onto the pedestrian street Drottninggatan and into a department store building, killing at least five people and injuring at least eight, the Press Association reports.
People killed in incident when a truck was driven Friday April 7 2017 into a department store in central Stockholm, Sweden April 7, 2017. TT News Agency/Jessica Gow/via REUTERS
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People killed in incident when a truck was driven Friday April 7 2017 into a department store in central Stockholm, Sweden April 7, 2017. TT News Agency/Jessica Gow/via REUTERS
It is understood the truck was hijacked or stolen from a brewery company Kall Ol.
Emergency services are attending the scene and people are still running from the area.
Elsewhere, there are reports of a shooting on a separate street in the city. Police are now also investigating this incident.
Towe Hägg, a spokeswoman at Stockholm police command center, said earlier: "Police were alerted at around 2.53pm (local time).
"We have initial information that people are injured and we are here to find out more."
A journalist for Aftonbladet said that police in the area drew their guns but it is not yet clear what happened.
All subway traffic has now been closed down in Stockholm following the attack.
Police have also ordered a lockdown on the city's central train station.
Government offices have been evacuated and all cabinet ministers have been brought to safety.
Read more: Swedish Prime Minister says Stockholm incident 'indicates it's a terrorist attack' as one arrested and three dead
Read more: Witnesses describe horror after 'out-of-control' truck ploughs down busy shopping street
Witnesses
Newspaper Aftonbladet quoted a witness saying they saw hundreds of people running for their lives near the Ahlens mall.
Swedish news channels reporting on the incident
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Swedish news channels reporting on the incident
Another witness told the newspaper that the out-of-control truck ran over at least two people.
A shocked witness told Swedish Television News they saw two people lying on the ground after the truck ploughed through the pedestrian street.
They said: "We walked past and then there are two people on the ground.
"Then the truck continued on Drottninggatan, then we did not see where it went."
Another bystander described the scene as "chaos."
Marie Karlberg SVT Nyheter: "We were in H&M and a truck was driving in the pedestrian zone right into Åhléns.
"It's pure chaos and it burns on Drottninggatan."
Another bystander said police were screaming at people on the street, roaring; "Back, back, this is no joke."
Another eye-witness told Aftonbladet about having to run to safety.
The person, who has been named as Dimitris, said: "I was on the main street when a big truck came out of nowhere.
"I could not see if anyone was driving it but it went out of control.
"I saw at least two people being run over. I ran as fast as I could from there."
Another witness told TT news agency they saw medical personnel helping injured people.
They said: "I also saw people with blankets over them.
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"Their whole bodies was covered."
Office worker JP Hanson described the scene as mayhem and said his building has been put into lockdown.
"Right now, inside here we have maybe 40 people," he told BBC News.
"The mood is quite positive, obviously people are afraid - but I would say it's a strong mood."
Witness Jan Granroth told Aftonbladet that "we stood inside a shoe store and heard something ... and then people started to scream." He said: "I looked out of the store and saw a big truck."
Another witness quoted by the paper said: "When I came out I saw a lorry standing there, with smoke coming from it, and there were loads of bits of cars and broken flower pots along the street."
The European Union has offered Sweden support and solidarity.
"An attack on any of our member states is an attack on us all," said EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker.
"One of Europe's most vibrant and colourful cities appears to have been struck by those wishing it – and our very way of life – harm.
"We stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with the people of Sweden and the Swedish authorities can count on the European Commission to support them in any which way we can."
"My heart is in Stockholm this afternoon," EU summit chair Donald Tusk tweeted.
"My thoughts are with the victims and their families and friends of today's terrible attack."
King Carl Gustaf, Sweden's head of state, expressed his horror at the attcak.
"Our thoughts are going out to those that were affected, and to their families," he said in a statement from the royal palace.
The Armed Forces in Sweden are currently monitoring the situation
The crash is close to the scene of a terror attack in 2010 when Taimour Abdulwahab, a Swedish citizen who lived in Luton, blew himself up.
The terrorist, who police concluded acted alone, died on December 11 2010 in the Bryggargatan area. No-one else was killed.
Following today's incident, police in Norway's largest cities and at Oslo's airport will be carrying weapons until further notice following an attack in Stockholm on Friday, Norwegian police said in a tweet.
Police officers in Norway, which borders Sweden, do not usually carry guns on them.
In Finland, police increased patrols in the capital Helsinki.
More to follow
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