STOCKHOLM ATTACK SUSPECT CONFESSES TO TERRORIST CRIME
The suspected Stockholm truck attacker Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old Uzbek, has admitted committing a "terrorist crime" by ploughing into pedestrians on a busy street, killing four people and injuring 15 others. Arrested only hours after Friday's attack, Akilov appeared on Tuesday in a special heavily guarded high-security courtroom wearing a thick green hoodie and keeping his head bowed. "Akilov confesses to a terrorist crime and accepts his custody detention," said Johan Eriksson, his state appointed lawyer, at a custody hearing in Stockholm. Stockholm attack : At least four dead after truck rams crowd Judge Malou Lindblom ordered Akilov to remove the hoodie and he complied, revealing dark hair with streaks of grey. Akilov, a Russian speaker, had an interpreter to help him follow the proceedings without addressing the court directly. After Eriksson's statement, the judge agreed to the prosecution's request to have the res...