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Panic rippled through Ullared, Sweden, after a car crashed outside the Gekas superstore in the town. Shoppers scattered after witnesses claimed the driver hit two shopping carts before coming to a stop. Two people are believed to have been injured in the incident, but not seriously. Police spokesman Tommy Nyman said they were struck as the car careered towards the store.

TWITTER Those at the scene said they initially thought it was an accident

Jenny Sundström, 19, and Nathalie Lodén, 20, who were at the scene, describe a white car driving at “high speed”. Ms Lodén told local media site Expressen.se: “We hear that a car starts honking. I see a white car running straight at us. “Then we took away that person is not going to give way, we move our cart.” Ms Sundström added: “We were right in front of him. He sped past us.

TWITTER Emergency services warmed the scene in the remote part of the country

“We saw how a man and a child standing there and how they could move. “We were so shocked that we were there and also afterwards and then got the guards out. “The man was charged with a gas can in his hand, and then people started running.” Others at the scene said they initially thought it was an accident, but then the driver emerged from the car holding a gas canister.

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An eyewitness, named as Mans, said the driver ‘opened the can’ and poured gasoline on the ground. He said: “There was a car driving alone at high speed. Just a few meters from the end, he slams in two shopping carts. “He steps out of the car and a gas can in his hand. Then I realized that this is not an accident. “He just opened the can, you can see now that it is gasoline on the ground.” It is believed security guards from the store managed to apprehend the man before police arrived, who then arrested him. Emergency services swarmed the scene in the remote part of the country, some 66 miles south of Gothenburg, Sweden.

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The shopping centre, Gekas Ullared, issued a statement saying: “Two people should have received minor injuries when the car driving to the store. “Both are cared for by the emergency services. We hope everything goes well for all involved and we will do everything we can. “Right now we have no more information, and can not answer all the questions that obviously pops up when something like this happens.”