Stockholm: 3 killed as man drives van into crowd near Indian Embassy

April 07, 2017 19:30

At least three people were killed as a van drove into a crowd of people outside a busy department store in central Stockholm today, police said.

Swedish media reported that several shots were also fired.

The attack happened just 100 metres away from the Indian Embassy.

As per embassy sources in Stockholm all embassy local and Indian staff are safe.

'Police received a call from SOS Alarm that a person in a vehicle has injured other people on Drottninggatan,' police wrote on Twitter.

The incident occurred just before 1 pm (local time) near the city's biggest pedestrian street. -- Agencies

Photograph: ANI

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