Stockholm in Mourning

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Over the weekend memorials and ceremonies were held in Stockholm, Sweden, to remember the victims of Friday’s attack, and to stand together in defiance of terrorism.

Four people were killed and fifteen injured when a hijacked truck was driven into a crowd on a busy pedestrian street on April 7, 2017. An Uzbek man, reportedly an asylum-seeker who had been rejected, was arrested and is being held on terrorism charges.

Thousands of Swedes attended a “Lovefest” in central Stockholm on Sunday, and the shopping district filled with pedestrians once more, as soon as it was re-opened.

A couple hug in front of a flower-covered police car at the site where a truck drove into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 10, 2017.

A rose is seen at a makeshift memorial outside a department store in Stockholm on April 8, 2017, the day after the attack.

Two women mourn after they placed flowers on a fence near the department store following Friday's terror attack in central Stockholm on April 8, 2017.

Thousands of people attend a "Lovefest" vigil against terrorism in central Stockholm, on April 9, 2017.

A policeman wears a rose on his uniform as he patrols on April 9, 2017, close to the point where a truck drove into a department store in Stockholm.

A boy lays flowers at a makeshift memorial near the site where a truck slammed into a crowd in central Stockholm on April 8, 2017.

A woman cries as she stands in front of the reopened department store Ahlens in Stockholm on April 10, 2017.

People flash the victory sign as they attend a memorial ceremony at Sergels Torg plaza in Stockholm on April 9, 2017.

Flowers and candles adorn a Drottninggatans lion statue in Stockholm.

A woman writes a message on a wooden board on the department store Ahlens in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 10, 2017.

A woman puts flowers on a police car in Stockholm on April 9, 2017.

A woman lays a flower on a police car at the site where a truck drove into Ahlens department store in Stockholm.

People attend a memorial ceremony in Stockholm on April 9, 2017.

Thousands of people attend the "Lovefest" vigil in on April 9, 2017.

Thousands of people attend the "Lovefest" on April 9, 2017. The poster in center reads: "Love for everyone—hate towards no one."

A girl writes a message on the memorial wall next to the Ahlens department store following Friday's attack in central Stockholm on April 10, 2017.

A man lays Sweden's national flag at a makeshift memorial to commemorate the victims of Friday's terror attack in Stockholm on April 10, 2017.

A woman places flowers on a police car on April 8, 2017.

Ulf Lindgren, center, talks about Friday's terror attack to believers prior to the Palm Sunday services at the cathedral in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 9.

A woman reacts during a minute of silence to commemorate the victims of Friday's terror attack on April 10, 2017.

A man holds up a peace sign at peace demonstration on Sergels square on April 9, 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden.

People crowd into the reopened Drottninggatan, one of the city's main shopping streets where the department store Ahlens is located.