Sweden Elevated Terror Threat Level Not to Be Raised After Truck Attack

The Swedish Security Service (SAPO) will not raise the level of terrorist threat in the country from the elevated to the higher after a deadly truck attack in Stockholm city center, SAPO spokesman Karl Melin said Friday.

STOCKHOLM (Sputnik) — A truck rammed pedestrians earlier in the afternoon in a major street in the center of Stockholm, killing at least three and injuring several people.

"It remains at the level three [on a five-level scale]," Melin said as quoted by the Swedish TT news agency.

Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said that all evidence pointed to a terrorist attack. Police have evacuated the Stockholm Central Train Station, suspended rail traffic and shut the city's subway as well as cordoned off the city center.