"Work is still going on to establish what has happened, and could take some time before we are in a position to confirm anything."Īn "open mind" was being kept as investigators started their efforts to work out what had happened. Ms Kennedy told reporters: "So far we understand that the car involved was a taxi which pulled up at the hospital shortly before the explosion occurred. Merseyside police at an address on Sutcliffe Street, the day after a bomb explosion in a taxi cab at the Liverpool Women's Hospital, where one person was killed and another injured. There is no evidence he then wanted to go to another location, such as the nearby Anglican Cathedral where the city's highest profile service was being held.Ĭounter terror police take over investigation as major incident declared The timing of the explosion - 10.59am on Remembrance Sunday - has led police to pursue a possible link to the Remembrance services, but ACC Jackson was adamant the former pizza chef's taxi booking only made reference to the Women's Hospital. What is clear is the hospital, where 8,000 babies are delivered every year, is where Al Swealmeen wanted to go to. Potential causes of the detonation being considered by investigators include the movement, or halting, of the taxi in the car park. The unit's Assistant Chief Constable, Russ Jackson, said on Friday: "Had it detonated in different circumstances we believe it would have caused significant injury or death." Whatever it did consist of, Counter Terror Police North West's verdict is clear. The burning car outside the Liverpool Women's Hospital after a taxi explosion (Image: Submitted) It was not the same type of bomb used so devastatingly to kill more than 20 people in the Manchester Arena attack in 2017, so did not contain the improvised explosive known as TATP, also known as 'Mother of Satan'. What we do know is that it was packed with homemade explosives and ball bearings that counter terror police said would have acted as deadly shrapnel. Police can't rule out terror detonation was 'completely unintentional'.That delay has led to a week of speculation about whether Al Swealmeen's bomb was detonated accidentally.
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The footage emerged online within 24 hours, revealing the severity of what happened while indicating the explosion did not unfold the way the man responsible probably intended.Īs Mr Perry's private hire ca b came to a halt an initial blast caused plumes of smoke to billow from his vehicle.Ī delay of seconds between that detonation and the vehicle being engulfed in flames crucially allowed the driver to escape with, fortunately, minor injuries that left him requiring just one night in hospital. The dramatic scenes that unfolded in the hospital car park just before 11am were captured on security cameras. One week on, this is what we know about Al Swealmeen, his terrible plot and the developments of the last seven days that have helped to fill in the gaps so far.īomb filled with ball bearings that could have acted as deadly shrapnelĬCTV of the moment a car explodes outside Liverpool Women's Hospital Many questions remain unanswered about the fireball that engulfed David Perry's taxi and the ideology that motivated his passenger. The cruelty that had become his focus manifested outside the Women's Hospital last Sunday.īut the counter terror investigation ran from command centres in Liverpool and Manchester has established that, in other circumstances, the 32-year-old's homemade Improvised Explosive Device could have been far deadlier. Sitting in his newly rented flat close to Sefton Park his mind was focused on evil - his preparations for a bomb attack were already underway. Tentatively emerging from the latest national lockdown, most people were dreaming of hugging relatives for the first time in months, or reuniting with friends as pub gardens reopened.
Liverpool in April was a very different city.
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