Stockholm suspect ‘admits truck attack’

Risingbd Desk: The Stockholm truck attack suspect has confessed to a "terrorist crime", his lawyer says.

The admission came at a custody hearing in the Swedish capital.

Rakhmat Akilov, 39 from Uzbekistan, admitted responsibility for the attack in court.

Four people were killed when a lorry was driven into a department store on Friday. A number of people were also injured, including two who are in a critical condition.

"His position is that he admits to a terrorist crime and accepts therefore that he will be detained," said lawyer Johan Eriksson.

Mr Akilov was brought into court in handcuffs.

Mr Akilov was wearing green overalls and was told to remove a green blanket from his head before the hearing started.

Swedish police said Mr Akilov was known to security services.

He had been denied residency in Sweden and had expressed sympathy for so-called Islamic State (IS), they said.

Source: Agencies



risingbd/April 11, 2017/Mukul