Sweden attack: 'Despair' over death of schoolgirl Ebba Akerland
The parents of an year-old girl have spoken of their "despair and pain" after she was confirmed as a victim of the Stockholm terror attack.
Ebba Akerland was walking home from school when she was hit by a hijacked beer lorry which was driven through a crowd and into the Ahlens department store.
The schoolgirl's parents launched a social media campaign after she went missing, but have since been told by police she was one of the four people who died in the attack.
In a statement, they said: "With all our heart we thank the Swedish people for all the warmth and love you have given us in a time of despair and pain.
"We now need peace and quiet to process our grief and ask for your understanding that we need to do it in peace."
On Monday, pupils at the girl's school held a minute's silence to remember their classmate.
"It was pretty quiet. There were many tears, much grief," school governor Maija Moller Grimakova told Expressen.
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"I have over students at the school but I remember Ebba really well.
"There is something special about her, there's so much life in her, and then sud
Ebba Theorin-Kolare
Ebba Viola Theorin-Kolare, född Theorin den 20 februari i Tjärby, död 25 maj, var en svensk journalist, chefredaktör och författare. Hon använde sig av signaturen E. Th.
Biografi
Ebba Theorin-Kolare var dotter till domänintendenten G. Theorin och Anna Lyttkens. Efter studentexamen vid Tekla Åbergs högre läroverk för flickor i Malmö, började hon på hösten samma år arbeta journalist på Sydsvenska Dagbladet i Malmö. Hon ingick i Ligan, en grupp kvinnliga journalister, som tagit sitt namn efter Elin Wägners roman Norrtullsligan. Efter tio år blev hon redaktionssekreterare för veckotidningen Idun i Stockholm. Därmed inleddes hennes tid som damtidningsredaktör. År blev hon redaktör för den till upplagan större veckotidningen Husmodern och där stannade hon till sin pensionering
Theorin-Kolare har beskrivits som en udda chefredaktör – hon sades helt ha saknat intresse för heminredning, matlagning och kläder. Samtidigt ökade upplagorna. Under hennes tid blev samlevnadsproblem och könsrollerna viktiga teman och Theorin-Kolare ville ge röst åt hemmafruarna. Hennes chef Albert Bonnier Jr lär ha utnämnt henne till "journalist
Stockholm truck attack
Terrorist attack in Sweden
On 7 April , a vehicle-rammingterrorist attack took place in central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. A hijacked truck was deliberately driven into crowds along Drottninggatan (Queen Street) before being crashed into an Åhléns department store. Five people were killed and 14 others were seriously injured.
The perpetrator was Rakhmat Akilov, a year-old rejected asylum seeker and a citizen of Uzbekistan, who was apprehended several hours later. He had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State in a self-recorded video the day before the attack,[6] and Uzbek authorities alleged that he had joined the group.[7] Akilov was convicted of murder and terrorist crimes, and sentenced to life in prison and, if released, deportation to Uzbekistan and lifetime expulsion from Sweden.[8]
Attack
[edit]Akilov chose to attack during an afternoon, as there were many tourists in the area.[9] Akilov recorded a number of films in the Odenplan area where he is heard saying that it is time to kill "infidels" and that it grieved him how Muslims in the Levant and Afghanistan were dying.[10] The attac
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