Shocked by the tragedy, Sweden observed a minute of silence on Holy Monday for the victims of the attack in Stockholm, in which an Uzbek supporter of the jihadists killed four people and fell on them with a truck.
The Swedish royal family, Prime Minister Stefan Leuven and foreign diplomats, were almost entirely present at a ceremony at noon (13:00 Greek time) in the park of the town hall in the Swedish capital.
Other events in memory of the four dead and 15 injured were planned across the country.
Meanwhile, the investigation into the main suspect of the attack continues, which the security services have described as a 39-year-old Uzbek already known to the internal security services, who was hiding in order to avoid his deportation from the country, as the application was not accepted. for a residence permit.
The local press reports that his name is Rahmat Akilov, he is a worker and has a family and children.
Sweden's far right, which has so far reacted moderately, has denounced a "scandal" if it turns out that the authorities failed to deport Uzbek.
"If so, this is a huge scandal," Jimmy Ekeson, leader of the Sweden Democrats, a party that won 12,8% of the vote in the 2014 election, told Aftonbladet.
"We have to detain people when there is a risk of fleeing, to put it another way it concerns 10.000 to 15.000 cases," he added.
Sweden, a country of 10 million people, received 244.000 asylum seekers in 2014 and 2015, the largest number in Europe in proportion to its population.
Twenty to 50 thousand people gathered on Sunday near the site of the attack for a "demonstration of love", which was organized via Facebook with the aim of denouncing terrorism.
Charges are expected to be filed tomorrow Tuesday against Uzbek, who was arrested a few hours after the attack and who has confessed to the act.
The 39-year-old "supports extremist organizations, including the Islamic State," said Sweden's national police chief Jonas Hising.
According to the newspapers Aftonbladet and Expressen, during his detention the perpetrator stated that he was "satisfied" with his actions.
"I hit infidels," he said, according to today's Aftonbladet newspaper, citing sources close to the investigation. The suspect claimed that he received an immediate "order" from the IK to launch a strike in Stockholm. "The bombing of Syria must stop," he was quoted as saying.
The Uzbek had applied for a residence permit in Sweden in 2014, but was rejected by the Immigration Service in June 2016.
"In December 2016, the Immigration Service informed him that he had four weeks to leave the country. "In February 2017, the police were called to carry out the decision because they could not locate him," Hising said.
Authorities lost track of him until Friday's attack.
Source: in.gr