Truck drives into Stockholm department store, kills 2: Police

At least two people have lost their lives after a truck drives into a department store in the central part of the Swedish capital of Stockholm, police say.

Swedish intelligence agency said on Friday that they considered the crash as an attack, Press TV reported.

According to Swedish radio, several people were also wounded in the crash. The radio, however, reported that three people had died.

Swedish broadcaster SVT also reported that shots have been fired.

The Swedish news agency TT said many people have been rushed away in ambulances and live television footage showed smoke rising out from the department store that the truck smashed into.

Swedish police said they had received phone calls about a vehicle driver injuring people on the central street of Drottninggatan in Stockholm.

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