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The Terrorist Attack in Stockholm

The lawyer for the man who authorities say carried out last week’s attack in Stockholm says the suspect “admits to a terrorist crime.”

By The Editors
People were killed when a truck crashed into department store Ahlens on Drottninggatan, in central Stockholm.
People were killed when a truck crashed into department store Ahlens on Drottninggatan, in central Stockholm. (Reuters)

Here’s what we know on Tuesday, April 11:

—The lawyer for the man who authorities say carried out last week’s attack in Stockholm says the suspect “admits to a terrorist crime.”

—Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old Uzbek national, had been denied residency in Sweden and asked to leave the country.

—Four people were killed in the Stockholm truck attack and several others were injured.

—No group has claimed responsibility, but officials say Akilov expressed sympathy for ISIS.