The European Union and countries across the continent are offering Sweden support and solidarity following what the Swedish government says appears to be a terrorist attack using a vehicle in central Stockholm.
"An attack on any of our member states is an attack on us all," said President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker following Friday's attack.
"We stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with the people of Sweden and the Swedish authorities can count on the European Commission to support them in any which way we can."
"My heart is in Stockholm this afternoon," President of the European Council Donald Tusk tweeted. "My thoughts are with the victims, and their families and friends, of today's terrible attack."
German government spokesman Steffen Seibert also reacted to the news.
"Our thoughts are with the people in Stockholm, the injured, relatives, rescuers and police. We stand together against terror," he said in a tweet.
The French government said President Francois Hollande expressed his horror and outrage at the attack.
Sweden's Nordic neighbours also expressed their horror.
"Terrible news from Stockholm. Our thoughts are with our neighbours and friends in Sweden," Finland's Prime Minister Juha Sipila wrote in Swedish on his Twitter account.
Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen, speaking in Vienna, expressed his sadness and called for more cooperation between countries to combat attacks.
"Terrible event in Stockholm," Norwegian Finance Minister Siv Jensen tweeted.
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