In all, Jan Evenssen of the Stockholm police said authorities have questioned over 500 people in the investigation so far.
The four victims killed in Friday’s truck attack on shoppers in the Swedish capital included a British man, a Belgian woman and two Swedes, authorities in those countries said. Their identities were not released.
Police in Stockholm say the truck attack suspect from Uzbekistan was an asylum-seeker who had his application for a residence permit in Sweden rejected and was being sought by authorities for deportation.
Jan Evensson of the Stockholm police told a televised news conference on Sunday that the 39-year-old suspect’s request was rejected in June 2016 but police could not find him for deportation because he was not at the address he had given.
Jonas Hysing of Sweden’s national police says “we know he has been sympathetic to extremist organizations.”
Evenssen said police are holding five more people in connection with the deadly attack Friday and have questioned over 500 others.
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