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Live updates: Latest on Stockholm lorry attack

The British man who was killed in the Sweden lorry attack has been named as 41-year-old Chris Bevington.

Two Swedes and a Belgian national were also killed when a hijacked lorry ploughed into pedestrians in Stockholm on Friday.

Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan, has been arrested on suspicion of "terrorist crimes through murder".

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Stockholm attack suspect is 39-year-old from Uzbekistan

The Swedish prosecutor has confirmed that the man suspected of carrying out Friday's lorry attack in Stockholm is a 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan.

Security services had intelligence on him but he was regarded as a marginal character, police said.

He was arrested in the north of the city on Friday after a high-speed police chase.

Police said the man arrested was the same as the one pictured in images released by them earlier on Friday. Credit: Swedish police/PA

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