There are different circumstances and initial witness statements about a certain behavior (by the chauffeur) that are behind the classification, says the police's press spokesperson Leif Fransson.
Three people were taken to hospital after the incident. The police later announced that a 60-year-old woman had died. Two men were also injured, but it is still unclear how seriously.
The chauffeur was also injured, but did not require emergency care.
He will be questioned at the earliest tomorrow. This evening, he will be served suspicion of murder in one case and attempted murder in two cases, says Leif Fransson.
The taxi drove up onto a sidewalk at a pedestrian crossing near Triangeln. Two road signs were knocked down on the road.
Sydsvenskan's reporter Peter Herkel was a witness to the incident:
I came just after it happened. Then there were three injured people on the ground. It was chaotic scenes. A lot of people tried to help these people.
People threw themselves away in panic, says another witness to the newspaper:
The taxi was not holding a particularly high speed – but it looked like it accelerated when it steered up onto the sidewalk. People threw themselves away in panic.
The police are now working on hearing witnesses and the injured, as well as gathering pictures and videos from the incident.
The taxi will be seized for technical examination.
