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Five key points from the Stockholm terror verdict
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Five key points from the Stockholm terror verdict

Rakhmat Akilov has been found guilty of terrorist crimes for carrying out the April 2017 Stockholm terror attack, where five people were killed, ten more injured and hundreds of others affected. Here are some of the key points from the verdict in one of Sweden's most important trials ever.
Sweden seeks closure as 'unique' terror trial progresses
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Sweden seeks closure as 'unique' terror trial progresses

Expected to run for months before a verdict is delivered in June, the trial of Stockholm terror suspect Rakhmat Akilov is one of the biggest and most important in Sweden's history. "Unique" is how prosecutor Hans Ihrman described it, after a day where Akilov was grilled by lawyers representing the many plaintiffs with The Local in attendance.