International leaders united in sympathy and condemnation yesterday after a man ploughed a truck through a crowd into the front of a department store in central Stockholm.
Police said they had arrested one man after the attack, which killed four people and injured 15, while Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said “everything pointed” to it being a terror attack.
Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said on Twitter that he was “deeply concerned by shocking incident in Stockholm.”
“Britain’s thoughts are with the victims, their families and the whole of Sweden,” he said.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the attack was a blow struck against all EU countries.
“An attack on any of our member states is an attack on us all,” Juncker said in a message of condolences to the victims, adding the aim appeared to strike at “our very way of life.”
Antonio Tajani, the head of the European Parliament, said on Twitter that he was “shocked by the terrible news from Stockholm.”
President Francois Hollande expressed his “horror and indignation” at the attack.
“France expresses its sympathy and solidarity with the families of the victims and all Swedes,” he said.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced on Twitter that the Eiffel Tower, which is normally illuminated, would go dark for a minute at midnight in honour of the victims of the attack.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Germany stood “together against terror” with Sweden, and offered sympathy for those involved in the attack.
The country’s Foreign Ministry said on Twitter that “We strongly condemn the terrorist attack in Stockholm.”
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he was “closely following the attack in Stockholm.”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the attack and voiced sympathy for the victims’ families.
“We hope that those responsible for the attack will be swiftly brought to justice,” he said. 

Qatar slams attack
Qatar strongly condemned yesterday the truck-crash attack which took place in Swedish capital Stockholm, killing and injuring a number of people. The Foreign Ministry in a statement yesterday emphasised Qatar’s position against all forms of violence and terrorism regardless of its motives. The statement also stressed Qatar’s denouncement of all criminal attacks that terrorise the innocent, saying such attacks contradict with humanitarian principles.


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