Dailies Expressen and Aftonbladet published Akilov's name and picture today.
Swedish police have only identified the suspect as a 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan. He is suspected of driving a stolen beer truck down a busy pedestrian street mowing down shoppers before smashing into the facade of the Ahlens department store.
Four people were killed -- two Swedes including an 11-year-old girl, and a British man and a Belgian woman -- and 15 others were injured.
According to sources close to the investigation cited by various media, the suspect, bloodied from the crash, fled the scene and ran into the nearby T-centralen subway station, taking advantage of the panic to blend into the crowd.
At 2:55 PM, video surveillance cameras caught him in the subway system.
He then took an express train to Stockholm's Arlanda airport, and a bus from the airport to Marsta. His odd behaviour at a petrol station convenience store raised sales clerks' attention, who alerted police.
Investigators have remained tight-lipped but have said their suspicions have "strengthened" since his arrest.
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