BBC Europe – Stockholm suspect ‘admits truck attack’. 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.
FRANCE
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GERMANY
Moscow must give up support for Assad
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ITALY
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SPAIN
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“Jeroen Dijsselbloem is only passing through; Guindos could also do it well”.
AUSTRIA
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GREECE
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PORTUGAL
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SWEDEN
Police on the hunt to secure evidence
Swedish police is positive that Rakhmat Akilov is the assailant who drove the truck that took the lives of four. Akilov is currently in custody and is expected to be arrested today. He has unsuccessfully requested to be defended by a Sunni Muslim lawyer.
SLOVENIA
The European Union is aware that it irritates passengers at borders
Special meeting of security experts of the Member States about the long queues at the new systematic examination of all EU citizens who cross the external Schengen borders.
