Second suspect arrested as Briton confirmed among Stockholm dead

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They have not given details about the exact nature of the device, but say it was discovered in the driver's seat.

Police have a 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan in custody.

The arrest comes as a Briton was confirmed as being among the dead. The suspect was detained in the early hours of Saturday (Friday evening ET) in Marsta, a town about 30 minutes' drive north of Stockholm near the city's main worldwide airport.

"We will continue working with our worldwide partners and allies, including Sweden, to fight terrorism and help prevent these senseless acts". Our thoughts are with them and all those affected at this awful time.

"Swedish society is built on huge confidence, on a sense of community", she continued, replying simply, "Together" when one reporter asked how they should move on from the tragedy.

"We do not know whether there are further persons involved in this act or not", he said. Two people have been arrested in the attack.

Another person was arrested as "suspected of terror crimes through murder", said Karin Rosander, spokeswoman for Sweden's prosecutors office. Four others were being held by police. Their identities were not released.

The suspected Stockholm truck attacker had shown interest in extremist groups and had his permanent residency application rejected in June 2016, Swedish police said.

Police said on Sunday they had brought in seven people over the apparent terrorist attack outside the department store on Friday, according to Reuters.

As thousands gathered near the site of the attack to show support for the victims, officials revealed the suspect had expressed "sympathy for extremist organizations". Stockholm county spokesman Patrik Soderberg said four of the 10 were considered "seriously" injured and the remaining six, including the child, were slightly hurt.

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Speaking from her bed at the Saint Goran hospital in Stockholm, she said she "thought a war was going on" because "people around me were screaming".

A 39-year-old Uzbek national is being detained on terrorism charges.

"The attacks demonstrate how easy such attacks can be carried out, and prove to others that it is possible to make something similar", Bjornland said.

Swedish Police confirmed the identity of the suspected truck attacker as a 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan, who is now under police custody.

Attendees laid flowers on a large Swedish flag placed down the square's steps, while a woman in an Islamic headscarf was seen smiling with police guarding the ceremony, as she handed them flowers.

Last month, a man plowed his vehicle into a crowd in London, killing five people, only months after 12 were killed in Berlin when a truck rammed into a Christmas market in Berlin.

The beer truck, stolen earlier on Friday, mowed down pedestrians along Drottninggatan, a busy pedestrian shopping street.

The assault took place in Drottninggatan, one of the city's main pedestrian areas, on Friday, killing four and injuring over a dozen people.

In a statement on its Facebook page, the Ahlens department store apologized "for a bad decision".

Ahlens said it would open part of the store on Sunday.

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