This may have nothing to do with jihad. Or it may have everything to do with it. The Islamic State issued this call in September 2014:
So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops of the tawaghit. Strike their police, security, and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be….If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him….
“Horror as car ploughs into ‘crowd of 100 children and teachers’ – police manhunt underway,” by Joey Millar, Express, September 25, 2018:
A CAR ploughed into a crowd of children and their parents on a walk near Karlshamn, in Sweden, police revealed today. Two pupils were hurt with a police manhunt now underway.
A spokesman for Sweden‘s police service said children “threw themselves” out of the way of the car, which appeared to have aimed directly for the group of 100 people.
He said: “The car accelerated into the group of students and teachers.
“The car increased speed and drove straight towards them.
“He drove into two of the students. One was injured on the wrist and possibly the other student was also injured.”
Police have today appealed for any information on the horrifying incident, which took place at 1pm local time (12pm BST) yesterday.
The group was made up of 100 children and 10 teachers from Mjallby secondary school.
They were walking from Hinnedalsvagen to Grundsjon as part of a social event….