Stockholm cops are pelted with rocks while investigating lorry terror attack in district Donald Trump called a ‘no go zone’
Officers were just hours into a frantic investigation launched after a hijacked beer truck ploughed into crowds in a busy shopping street
STOCKHOLM cops reported being pelted with rocks as they investigated a terror attack in the district labelled a "no go zone" by Donald Trump.
Officers were just hours into a frantic investigation launched after a hijacked beer truck ploughed into crowds in a busy shopping street before crashing into a shopping centre, when the missiles were thrown close to Rinkeby in the North West of the city.
Shocked officers condemned the attack, which was reported by an officer on Facebook, reports.
In a Facebook post police officer Abdallah Ahmed said: "During the night my colleagues were exposed to stone throwing in Tensta, in the middle of an ongoing terror operation.
"To terror I want to say one thing, in pure Swedish: go to hell. My thoughts go to those affected in every way."
Adding: "Do not pray for Sweden. Stand up for Sweden, fight for Sweden and die for Sweden."
An officer working in the same unit confirmed the attack to Mail Online.
Rinkeby gained attention last year after it was described by US President Donald Trump as a no go area and used as an argument against immigration.
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Today as tributes were paid to those who lost their lives in yesterday's atrocity people also laid flowers on police cars to thank the emergency services who responded to the attack.
Crews were called in as a suspected terrorist deliberately drove at young children, sending prams flying as a stolen beer truck sped through a crowded shopping street in Stockholm, witnesses reported.
Authorities have confirmed that the suspect, a 39-year-old Uzbekistan-born man, had been on their radar for some time before the truck was high-jacked and used to plough through terrified crowds, killing four people and leaving 15 people, including two children, injured.
Local media reported that a homemade bomb had been found in the back of the 30-tonne truck with the head of Sweden's National Police Dan Eliason confirming a "bomb or incendiary object" had been discovered.
The vehicle was last night towed from the scene, with photographs showing the charred front after it crashed into the high end department store.
As emergency services work today to clean the streets left bloodied by the attack, the head of Sweden's domestic intelligence agency Anders Thornberg revealed authorities had previously been aware of the man, saying: "The suspect didn't appear in our recent files but he earlier has been in our files."
Floral tributes have been placed at the site, with Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria breaking down in tears as she visited the bloodied streets.
She said: "Swedish society is built on tremendous trust and community. We will go stronger out of this in some way."
On Friday evening Prime Minister Lofven laid a bouquet of red roses and lit a candle near the scene of the atrocity.
He had earlier said the country was in a "state of shock" adding "the aim of terrorism is to undermine democracy. But such a goal will never be achieved in Sweden."