Car explosion in Liverpool: anti-terrorism police arrest three men

Status: 11/14/2021 9:00 p.m.

In Liverpool, police arrested three suspects “under the anti-terror law”. A taxi had exploded in front of a women’s clinic. One man was killed and another injured.

Police arrested three men on suspicion of terrorism following the explosion of a car with one dead and one injured outside a women’s clinic in Liverpool. The men between the ages of 21 and 29 were arrested in the Kensington district “under the anti-terror law,” police said on Twitter.

The car – according to preliminary investigations a taxi – had exploded shortly after it had stopped in front of the entrance to the hospital. “Because of the circumstances” of the incident, the anti-terror police took over the investigation.

According to the police, the injured person is the driver. According to the information, he is not in mortal danger.

Identity of the dead unclear

At first it was unclear who the dead person was. The police only confirm that the victim was male and died on the spot. The identity of the man must first be clarified, the police said. Initially, nothing was known about the background to the crime.

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