Hundreds of people running
A man steered a stolen beer truck into a crowd of people and then rammed it into a department store, killing at least three people in the heart of Stockholm on Friday afternoon, the police and local news outlets reported.
The Swedish intelligence agency said “a large number” of people had been wounded in what officials were calling a terrorist assault.
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The police said the first emergency call came in around 2:50 p.m. local time as the attack unfolded in Drottninggatan, Stockholm’s busiest shopping street.
Witnesses described a scene of panic and terror.
“I saw hundreds of people running; they ran for their lives” before the truck crashed into the Ahlens department store, a witness identified only as Anna told the newspaper Aftonbladet.
I suppose Trump will say that’s what he was talking about.
Just imagine how many fewer Swedes would have died had there been ready access to assault weapons.
I hate being part of my species.
Seth @1
‘ready access to assault weapons’. For whom, the terrorist, or his victims?
The only way members of the public can have ‘ready access to assault weapons’ is to carry them on their backs, loaded and with the safety off. As a former owner of a semi-automatic weapon I can assure you that’s an extremely bad practice.
My point exactly.
It’s awful how unshocking these attacks have become. Another day, another attack in a major city in Europe. I have a horrible feeling that unless it happens in my own city I’m barely going to be moved by this, it’s becoming so routine.