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Swedish Truck Attack Suspect Admits Guilt, His Lawyer Says

Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old Uzbek national, is accused of slamming a stolen truck into pedestrians before crashing into a Stockholm department store last week. Four people were killed.
Johan Eriksson, attorney for Stockholm truck attack suspect Rakhmat Akilov, talks to journalists outside Stockholm District Court on Tuesday.

The man accused of slamming a stolen truck into pedestrians before crashing into a Stockholm department store, killing four people and wounding 15 others, will plead guilty, his

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