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All Indian Embassy Officials Safe In Stockholm Attack, Says Sushma Swaraj

"The attack was very close to Indian Embassy."
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TOPSHOT - Emergency services work at the scene where a truck crashed into the Ahlens department store at Drottninggatan in central Stockholm, April 7, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jonathan NACKSTRAND
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TOPSHOT - Emergency services work at the scene where a truck crashed into the Ahlens department store at Drottninggatan in central Stockholm, April 7, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jonathan NACKSTRAND

NEW DELHI -- All embassy officials are safe after the terror attack in the Swedish capital of Stockholm which took place very close to the Indian embassy, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said tonight.

"I am in touch with Indian Ambassador in Sweden. The attack was very close to Indian Embassy. Our embassy officials are safe," Swaraj tweeted after the attack in Sweden in which at least two persons were killed.

"Indians in Stockholm : Please note the Emergency number: 0768982764, Counsellor : 0734262097," she said in another tweet.

A large beer truck crashed into an upscale department store in central Stockholm today, killing at least two people, according to Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, who called the crash a terror attack.

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