A man has been charged with his murder and is due to stand trial next March. He told reporters at the scene: 'The operational crews extinguished the fire rapidly but as has been reiterated by the police chief constable, there was one fatality. Pictures online show trips to a go-kart track and a chequered flag tattooed on his arm. Read about our approach to external linking. He told reporters at the scene: The operational crews extinguished the fire rapidly but, as has been reiterated by the police chief constable, there was one fatality. Patients have been told to attend appointments at Liverpool Women's Hospital as normal after a taxi exploded outside the building. Emad Al Swealmeen died when a bomb exploded in a taxi outside Liverpool Women's Hospital, Taxi driver David Perry has been released from hospital. A street in the citys Sefton Park area was cordoned off by armed police on Sunday and some people were evacuated from their houses as part of ongoing enquiries into the car explosion, police said. Officers investigating the explosion at Liverpool Womens hospital have said they carried out a controlled explosion at Sefton Park in Liverpool as part of their counter-terrorism policing investigation. We join Liverpools mosques and Islamic centres as they pray for peace and calm in the city., The home secretary, Priti Patel, said the terrorism threat level had been raised because there had been two attacks in the space of a month.Speaking to broadcasters, she said: The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, Jtac, are now increasing the United Kingdoms threat level from substantial to severe. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist, one of Counter Terrorism Policing's senior national co-ordinators, said the change was a "precautionary measure and not based on any specific threat", adding that the public "should not be alarmed by this change". This is part of our ongoing enquiries into the car explosion outside the city's Women's hospital on Sunday morning.'. Ive been in touch with the chief constable, other emergency service workers as well, and our armed forces whove been part of the operational work thats on the ground. ', He added:'My wife saw him before lockdown and he seemed to be in very good spirits. He was arrested soon afterwards, lay pastor and friend Malcolm Hitchcott said, for possession of a 'large knife'. Read about our approach to external linking. The man who died when a homemade bomb exploded outside Liverpool Women's Hospital has been named by police as Emad Al Swealmeen. "We are working at a rapid pace to try and establish the circumstances behind this and will update in due course.". Monday 15 November 2021 07:19. Home Secretary Priti Patel said the terror threat level had been raised from "substantial" to "severe", meaning an attack is "highly likely", because the explosion in Liverpool was the second incident in a month. 'It's almost too impossible to believe,' he told the Daily Mail. Police were called at 10:59 to reports of a car explosion. They are all being interviewed by police today. This hospital is now full of police cars - some of which look like they have armed officers inside. The explosion happened outside the main entrance to the hospital, and police are trying to determine if the explosion was deliberate and whether there is significance in the location. One theory police are probing is that the detonators on a potential bomb exploded but not the main charge. Suspicions about a motive for the explosion have been aroused by the timing just before 11 a.m. on Remembrance Sunday, the moment people across Britain hold services in memory of those killed in wars. One dead in car explosion outside hospital, Blast at Pakistan political rally kills 35 people, Putin says he does not reject peace talks on Ukraine war, Moscow drone attack briefly shuts airport, 'My parents were ready to kill me for their honour', The Steel Roses of Chinese football are outkicking men, Canadairs - the water bombers battling Europes wildfires, How a diplomat's downfall leaves China red-faced, How Sinad O'Connor recorded Nothing Compares 2 U. Liverpool hospital explosion was terrorism, police say - USA TODAY The moment taxi explodes outside Liverpool hospital. As the car reached the hospital's passenger drop-off point, it exploded. Locals said police arrived from about 1pm as officers went on to guard a terraced property as the immediate surrounding area was cordoned off. Video, The Oppenheimer dilemma: H-bomb vs A-bomb. David Videcette, a former 7/7 counter-terror detective at Scotland Yard, tweeted: 'Any type of explosion in a confined space is devastating, here it blows out the windows and sends the entire windscreen into the sky. Meanwhile, the UK terror threat level has been raised to "severe". He stated to ask odd questions. An air ambulance took the man, in his 50s, to hospital . Emergency services are seen outside Liverpool Women's Hospital after an incident occurred on Sunday. Smilingfor the camera, Emad Al Swealmeen looks like just another happy young man posing for social media snaps. 'It must have been around spring 2019 because it was before Covid,' she said. On Wednesday around 11 pm, a PCR call was received that a person fired three rounds at a man near Kit Care Restaurant, they said. First of all, the incident has been declared as a terrorist incident. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. At the second location, police found "significant items" that Jackson said will necessitate further searches on Monday and perhaps the coming days. They will need the time and the space to do the work that they are doing in terms of investigating the incident. Sections of Boaler Street and Sutcliffe Street remained cordoned off, with a heavy police presence at the scene as inquiries continued. Photos on Mr Hitchcott's web profiles show Al Swealmeen in chef's whites bought for him by his hosts. ', Another neighbour, Sharon Cullen, said she and her husband, 22-year-old daughter and two-year-old grandson were evacuated from their home. A Labour frontbench MP has apologised for sending his 'condolences' to the family of a suicide bomber who blew up a taxi outside a hospital in Liverpool on Remembrance Sunday. We heard a loud bang and looked out of the window. 'I don't know how he's done it with a split second's thought but David's jumped out and locked the car with this guy in the back. That would be a repeat of the failed 21/7 bombings three weeks after the 7/7 atrocity in 2005. Link Copied! "The taxi driver, in his heroic efforts, has managed to divert what could have been an absolutely awful disaster at the hospital," Anderson said. The passenger was killed and the driver was left with serious injuries. So I think it's very much open to debate at the moment about what has happened.". Social media was last night flooded with praise for the taxi driver's heroism. As the taxi approached the drop-off point at the hospital, an explosion occurred from within the car, which quickly engulfed it in flames. Liverpool hospital explosion taxi driver 'locked bomber inside car Video, The Oppenheimer dilemma: H-bomb vs A-bomb, Atrocious decision for Italy to join China's BRI - minister, Judge dismisses Trump 'Big Lie' lawsuit against CNN. By Jim Clarke, BBC North West Tonight deputy editor. Football news and gossip column: Jurgen Klopp says he has chosen 'He obviously had some mental instability because one day he accused me of opening his mail. The prime minister also said the driver appeared to have behaved "with incredible presence of mind and bravery. BBC News The UK terror threat level has been raised to "severe" after an explosion outside Liverpool Women's Hospital. He said the security minister, Damian Hinds, would be visiting Liverpool on Tuesday. The first raid happened at about 13:00 GMT on Rutland Avenue in the Sefton Park area of the city. and At the centre of the intense police operation yesterday was the 'bomb factory' where Al Swealmeen put together his defective bomb. ACC Jackson said: "Following interviews with the arrested men, we are satisfied with the accounts they have provided and they have been released from police custody. A bomb disposal unit and fire engines attended the scene earlier, which remains cordoned off. That street also remains cordoned off. The context of there being two terrorist incidents in the space of a month was really important, she added. We would like to say thank you for the co-operation and support of our patients, visitors and staff who have been impacted by this incident, in particular those members of staff who were at the scene at the time of the incident. We were on scene by 11.04am. Police surround busy hospital as officers called to incident outside A Konate was affected by illness in the build . The driver, named locally as David Perry, managed to escape from the car. David Videcette, a former 7/7 counter-terror detective at Scotland Yard, said:'Improvised Explosive Devices have various components, with each having to operate in the correct order, at a desired point, for there to be an explosion. Counter-terror negotiators were also called to the scene and facilities for residents were being set up in a nearby leisure centre. The cathedral lost contact with him in 2018, he said. Merseyside Police said a 61-year-old man had been . He has not yet been formally identified. She said: I should just conclude my remarks by saying that our security and intelligence services prevent all sorts of acts, day in, day out. We have also recovered important evidence from the address at Rutland Avenue which is becoming central to the investigation. Our police and emergency services are working hard to establish what happened and it is right they are given the time and space to do so.. 'We would like to say thank you for the co-operation and support of our patients, visitors and staff who have been impacted by this incident, in particular those members of staff who were at the scene at the time of the incident.'. Many Muslims work at the hospital and the institution is a neighbour to one of the citys largest mosques. Video, 00:01:37, The moment taxi explodes outside Liverpool hospital, The Oppenheimer dilemma: H-bomb vs A-bomb. The men who were arrested - aged 29, 26, and 21 - were detained in the Kensington area of Liverpool. One person died after a car exploded outside Liverpool Women's . Three men were later arrested at the hostel. The police have now declared that. We have to leave time and space for the police to do their investigation. All rights reserved. But it does look as though the taxi driver in question did behave with incredible presence of mind and bravery. said Emad Al Swealmeen, 32, died in the explosion. Patients have been told to attend appointments at Liverpool Women's Hospital as normal. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. A similar police scene was in place at Rutland Avenue several miles away in Sefton Park, with a large number of armed officers seen in the neighbourhood. India Today Video Desk. 'But his behaviour changed ever so slightly towards the end of the period he lived with us. Heres some analysis from the Guardians defence and security editor, Dan Sabbagh, on the decision to raise the threat level to terrorism to severe:The threat to Britain from terrorism has been raised to severe meaning that an attack is now deemed highly likely in the aftermath of the explosion outside Liverpool Womens Hospital.The decision was taken by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre on Monday, Whitehall sources said, and it represents an upgrade of one notch from the previous threat level, substantial.The threat level had been at the lower level since 4 February following a significant reduction in the momentum of attacks in Europe, including those seen in Austria and France between September and November 2020. The Diocese of Liverpool's communication's director, Stuart Haynes, said he believed Al Swealmeen was baptised in 2015 and confirmed in 2017. The taxi driver has garnered praise from local and national leaders for his conduct. "Our thoughts are with them and the families of those involved.". Counter-terrorism police said the three . At the time, a remembrance service involving scores of military personnel, veterans and civic dignitaries, was taking place at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral less than a mile away. Midday:Police confirm it is being treated as a terror attack. Police are investigating a deadly car explosion in the English city of Liverpool as a terrorist incident, British authorities said on Monday. Detective chief inspector Andrew Meeks said: Our inquiries are very much ongoing but at this stage we strongly believe that the deceased is 32-year-old Emad al Swealmeen. It was just before 11. Where possible we have diverted patients to other hospitals until further notice. Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Meeks of Counter Terrorism Police North West said: 'Our enquiries are very much ongoing but at this stage we strongly believe that the deceased is 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen. The fare, a man, asked to be taken to the Liverpool Womens hospital, which was about 10 minutes away. He said: "So many people of all the different faiths try to reach out in the name of the common good, try to make themselves available for love, and when that's taken advantage of, or when things happen which subsequently you can't understand why that's happened, that does shake you.". 11.04am: Police and emergency services arrive at the scene, and it is initially thought the car might have caught alight because of a fuel leak. Britain's interior minister, Home Secretary Priti Patel, decried the "awful incident". He certainly had some guardian angels looking over him. 'There is a considerable way to go to understand how this incident was planned, prepared for and how it happened. ', Mrs Hitchcott said Al Swealmeen would go to the food bank with them and do chores around the house. Our staff are being permitted to leave and enter the hospital under the supervision of Merseyside police. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Twitter: "My thoughts are with all those affected by the awful incident in Liverpool today. LONDON A blast in a taxi outside a hospital in England that killed a man was caused by an improvised explosive device and is being treated as a terrorist incident, but the motive remains unclear, police said Monday. It's scary to think someone might have wanted to hurt women and children. The driver David Perry escaped before the car caught fire and has since been discharged from hospital. 'We have been told to keep away from the windows, and if people were out, they can't come home.'. Speaking at a medical centre in east London on Monday, Boris Johnson echoed the city's mayor Joanne Anderson in crediting the driver. Liverpool bomb attack live updates as police issue details His wife, Rachel Perry, said he is doing OK but is extremely sore. He said that he'd enrolled in a catering course specialising in cake decorating at a college in Liverpool. They couldn't get there, the roads were blocked off. Granada Royal Liverpool Hospital Liverpool Merseyside Police Thursday 4 November 2021, 12:16pm Prescot Street was closed in both ways while police dealt with the incident. Another friend added: 'David suffered cuts and bruises, a perforated ear drum and needed stitches in his ear. The cathedral, which was the scene of the city's main Remembrance Day service on Sunday, is a short distance from Liverpool Women's Hospital.

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