Stockholm truck attack suspect from Uzbekistan: Police
"We have confirmed that he is a man, 39 years old, from Uzbekistan," Swedish police chief Dan Eliasson told reporters.
Apr 08, 2017, 18:08 PM ISTSweden arrests man for `terrorist crime` after truck attack; PM Stefan Lofven says nation won't be cowed by 'heinous murderers'
A 39-year-old man Uzbek origin and a supporter of the Islamic State (IS) group was arrested early Saturday, hours after a beer truck ploughed into a crowd outside a busy department store in central Stockholm, killing four.
Apr 08, 2017, 08:38 AM ISTSeveral killed as truck crashes into store in Stockholm terror attack; PM Modi condoles death, MEA issues helpline numbers
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven called the crash a terror attack.
Apr 07, 2017, 22:54 PM ISTThree killed as truck drives into crowd in Stockholm; Swedish PM says possible 'terror attack'
Three people were killed when a truck drove into a crowd on a shopping street and crashed into a department store in central Stockholm on Friday, police said.
Apr 07, 2017, 20:34 PM ISTVan drives into crowd in Stockholm, people injured: Police
A van drove into a crowd of people outside a busy department store in central Stockholm on Friday, injuring people, police said.
Apr 07, 2017, 19:47 PM ISTAt least two killed as truck drives into crowd in Swedish capital: Media
An area of central Stockholm was cordoned off and large numbers of police and emergency services were at the scene.
Apr 07, 2017, 19:25 PM ISTBob Dylan to receive Nobel prize in Stockholm at weekend: Academy
Music icon Bob Dylan is to receive his Nobel prize this weekend at a meeting with the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, it was announced Wednesday.
Mar 29, 2017, 16:22 PM IST'Crazy Swede' scales the Everest after cycling 13,000 km from Sweden
Swedish mountaineer and adventurer Goran Kropp grabbed eyeballs across the globe when he cycled 13,000 km from Stockholm to the base camp of Mount Everest before sumitting the world's highest peak.
Feb 17, 2017, 21:49 PM ISTGang-rape in Sweden streamed live on Facebook
The film has been removed from Facebook but it has been circulated on the Internet.
Jan 24, 2017, 12:28 PM ISTBaloch expats term Pakistani Army as ''terrorist army'', call for freedom
The protesting Baloch activists squarely blamed the Pakistani Army and ISI for the attacks and unrest in their impoverished province.
Nov 14, 2016, 10:33 AM ISTSweden refuses to suspend Julian Assange's arrest warrant for funeral
The Swedish prosecutor's office on Friday said it has rejected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's request to temporarily suspend an arrest warrant so he could leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London and attend a funeral.
Oct 28, 2016, 18:25 PM ISTSwedish court upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange
A Swedish appeals court on Friday upheld an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a 2010 rape accusation, rejecting his request to have it lifted.
Sep 16, 2016, 15:20 PM ISTIceland PM calls for dissolution of Parliament after tax scandal
Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson has asked for parliament to be dissolved after the opposition called a vote of no confidence in the government, Iceland`s President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson said on Tuesday.
Apr 05, 2016, 19:52 PM IST"I am going to die": Swedish girl tells of life under Islamic State
Marilyn Nevalainen was just 15 years old, and pregnant, when she left Sweden with a jihadist recruit, though she did not realise what a mistake she had made until she was in Iraq.
Feb 27, 2016, 08:39 AM ISTBlast at Turkish cultural centre in Stockholm: Police
An explosion damaged a Turkish cultural centre in a Stockholm suburb on Wednesday night, the police said, highlighting growing tensions with the local Kurdish community.
Feb 18, 2016, 09:55 AM ISTBlast hits Turkish cultural centre in Sweden
An explosion severely damaged part of a building that housed a Turkish cultural association in a Stockholm suburb late on Wednesday but no one was injured, police said.
Feb 18, 2016, 04:24 AM ISTBomb threat on Swedish plane
The plane was parked at a remote area of the Landvetter airport in Gothenburg, on Sweden's west coast.
Jan 22, 2016, 18:59 PM IST