An official ceremony was held at the same time outside Stockholm's City Hall, attended by Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, King Carl XVI Gustaf and most of the royal family, and Stockholm mayor Karin Wanngard.
The United Nations Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the "barbaric and cowardly" terrorist attack which took place in Stockholm on 7 April, and during which at least four people, including a child, were killed and over a dozen injured.
The suspect, named in court documents Monday as 39-year-old Uzbekistan national Rakhmat Akilov, allegedly drove the truck into a crowd outside an upscale department store in central Stockholm on Friday.
He is accused of barrelling a stolen beer truck down a busy pedestrian street on Friday afternoon, mowing down shoppers before smashing into the facade of the Ahlens department store.
The three other victims have been identified as a Belgian tourist and two Swedes, including an 11-year-old girl.
Ek said he was "deeply saddened and upset" that the attack happened in Sweden.
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Authorities said the Coptic pope for Alexandria, Pope Tawadros II, was inside leading the prayers but was not injured. Trump condemned the attacks via Twitter and said he has "great confidence Sisi will handle the situation properly".
Media reports said the suspect had confessed, claiming he had been ordered by the Islamic State group to carry out the attack against "infidels". Swedish police said a man arrested on "suspicion of a terrorist crime" was probably the truck driver.
"We will never let terror prevail", Ms Wanngard said.
Police are continuing their investigation into Akilov, who they say went underground when he received a deportation order after his permanent residency application was rejected previous year.
A second person has also been arrested in the case but police have given no details about him.
"We are all devastated by the untimely and tragic death of our talented, compassionate and caring son Chris", John Bevington, the victim's father, said in a statement.
A court in Stockholm is due to decide Tuesday on whether to grant prosecutors permission to remand Akilov in custody. But he went into hiding, and in February police issued a notice seeking clues about his whereabouts, said Jan Evensson, a Stockholm police official.
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