Several people killed and injured as bus crashes into stop in Sweden

"Swedish police say no information the Stockholm bus accident was an attack, without giving numbers of those killed. Several people have been killed and injured when a bus hit a bus stop in central Stockholm, Swedish police said, adding that they had no information pointing to it being an attack. There were six casualties in the incident on Friday, a spokesperson for Stockholm's rescue services said, without giving the numbers of those killed and injured."

"I crossed the road and saw the double-decker bus that had mowed down an entire bus stop queue, she said. People were screaming and trying to help the injured. She said she saw both injured and dead people lying on the ground. There must have been more people under the bus, she said. A nurse by profession, she and another man who was a doctor, offered their help to police when they arrived."

"The spokesperson said there were no passengers on the bus at the time. It is being investigated as involuntary manslaughter. The bus driver has been arrested, but that is routine in such an incident, a police spokesperson said. Health authorities spokesperson Michelle Marcher told the AFP news agency that two seriously injured people had been transported to hospital. Police said that several people were hit, but they were not immediately providing information on their number, gender or ages."

A bus hit a bus stop in central Stockholm, killing and injuring several people and resulting in six reported casualties. Authorities said they had no information indicating the crash was an attack. The spokesperson reported there were no passengers on the bus at the time. The incident is being investigated as involuntary manslaughter and the bus driver has been arrested. Two people were reported seriously injured and taken to hospital. Emergency services, including ambulances, police and rescue teams, responded at the site near the Royal Institute of Technology, and eyewitnesses described scenes of injured and deceased people.

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