Rakhmat Akilov, who has has confessed to driving the truck in the April 2017 attack that killed five and injured many others in central Stockholm, will use his upcoming testimony to spread Isis propaganda, legal experts warned on Saturday.
In photos provided by police, confessed Stockholm attacker Rakhmat Akilov displays the index finger gesture used by Isis. Photo: Polisen/TT
Rakhmat Akilov, who has has confessed to driving the truck in the April 2017 attack that killed five and injured many others in central Stockholm, will use his upcoming testimony to spread Isis propaganda, legal experts warned on Saturday.
MAkilov, an Uzbek national, swore allegiance to Isis before he stole a truck and ran down pedestrians in the city’s busy Drottninggatan street on April 7th, though the jihadist group never claimed responsibility.