“We need to question him, then we’ll see if he’s going to be released or detained,” Norton said.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said his thoughts were with the victims and their families.
“I have received the tragic news that several people have died and been injured at a bus stop in central Stockholm,” he wrote on X.
“People who might have been on their way home to family, friends, or a quiet evening at home. We do not yet know the cause, but right now my thoughts are primarily with those affected and their loved ones,” he said.
‘Chaos’
A woman identified as Michelle Mac Key told daily Expressen she stepped off another bus at the scene just after the accident happened.
“I crossed the road and saw the double-decker bus that had mowed down an entire bus stop queue,” she said.
People were screaming and trying to help the injured.
She said she saw both injured and dead people lying on the ground, with many screaming while others tried to help.
“I thought it was an exercise at first. That maybe they were dolls. It was so unreal. Chaos.”
The busy Valhallavägen Avenue, where the deaths occurred, was reopened on Friday evening.
Police technicians were working at the scene but emergency vehicles had left.
– Agence France-Presse
