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The girl was on her way home from school when the murderer deliberately drove the hijacked truck into a crowd of people before crashing into a department store. Relatives of the youngster confirmed to local media she had been killed in the attack.

She was walking to meet her mother at a subway station and had spoken on the phone moments before the attack happened, according to reports. Police confirmed the girl had died after her family launched a desperate appeal on social media to find her following the incident. The family checked hospitals and frantically scoured central Stockholm in search of her, according to reports.

GETTY The attack killed four people and left at least 15 more injured

GETTY Two people were arrested

Police delivered the devastating news Saturday afternoon after using a DNA sample to confirm her identity. A relative said: “It was very sad that it took so long.” Ten survivors, including one child, are still being treated in hospital for their injuries.

NC The 39-year-old detained by police is believed to have driven the truck

Stockholm terror attack in pictures Fri, April 7, 2017 The vehicle drove into crowds on Drottninggatan (Queen Street) - one of the city's major pedestrian streets, just before 3pm local time, before crashing into Åhlens Mall Play slideshow Twitter 1 of 33 Truck rams into crowds in central Stockholm