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Explosion at Stockholm Olympic Stadium Deemed Intentional - Developing
(Turner News Network - February 6, 2024)
The explosion early this morning on the grounds of Stockholm's Olympic Stadium in Solna, Sweden, on the fifth day of the 2024 Winter Olympic Games, has now been ruled by the Swedish National Police's Special Investigations Group as being "an intentional terrorist act." One stadium employee is dead and six are injured in the first major terrorist attack on Swedish soil in decades and dozens of Olympic events have been postponed today and tomorrow, and the city has been placed on a full lockdown as police and army deploy across Stockholm. Prime Minister Ebba Busch assured Swedes that "all resources needed for this investigation are being made available to Stockholm and the National Police" and vowed "those who committed this act, will be brought to swift justice." More than eight hours after the attack, there has still not been any claim of responsibility by any active group.
Arriving in San Antonio this morning for the 22nd North American Leaders Summit, President Brian Sandoval extended his condolensces "and those of the American people" to Sweden and stated that he would likely be calling Prime Minister Busch "when it is practical for her to take my call - I imagine she's got a heck of a lot on her plate right now." Similar sentiments were voiced by the summit's host, Texas President Matthew McConaughey, as well as Canadian Prime Minister Peter Julian in their joint press conference this day ahead of the summit's beginning this afternoon.