Sweden’s prime minister has told the families of the victims of Friday’s truck attack they are not alone, after the country held a minute of silence.
Stefan Lofven said all of Sweden’s thoughts were with them following a ceremony outside Stockholm City Hall, also attended by the mayor and most of the Swedish royal family.
Four people died and 15 were injured when a hijacked truck was driven into a department store in central Stockholm.
An Uzbek man, 39, is the main suspect.
Addressing those affected by the attack, Mr Lofven added: “You are not alone, we are thinking of you. All of Sweden stands with you.”
Police have not released the identities of the victims, but said they were:
Two Swedish nationals – one reported to be an 11-year-old girl
A Briton – named by his family as 41-year-old Chris Bevington
A Belgian woman, said to be a 31-year-old from the city of Halle
The minute’s silence was observed throughout the country, including outside Ahlens department store, where people gathered under the rain to pay their respects.
Mayor Karin Wanngard told those gathered at City Hall that Stockholm would “remain an open and tolerant” place.
“We will never give in to violence. We will never let terror prevail,” he said.
Police are still questioning the main suspect, who has been named as Rakhmat Akilov by the Swedish media.
He had applied for permanent residency in 2014, but this was rejected. In December 2016 he was given four weeks to leave the country, police chief Jonas Hysing told a press conference.
The suspect then disappeared, and police began searching for him, Mr Hysing added.
He was known to have expressed sympathy for groups including so-called Islamic State (IS), but had been seen only as a “marginal character”, police said.
Meanwhile, a second suspect has been placed under formal arrest.
Police have interviewed more than 500 people over the incident, Sweden’s TT news agency reports.
No group has claimed to be behind the attack.
Sweden has taken in nearly 200,000 refugees and migrants in recent years – more per capita than any other European country.
However, there was a drop in numbers last year after the country introduced new border checks.
Separately, Sweden is believed to have the highest number of IS fighters per capita in Europe.
About 140 of the 300 who went to Syria and Iraq have since returned, leaving the authorities to grapple with how best to reintegrate them into society.
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