One Killed, Another Injured in Liverpool Explosion
1 Min Read
One person has died and another has been injured after a car exploded outside a hospital in Liverpool.
-
Police reinforcements at the explosion site
Merseyside Police have reported one person was killed and another was injured in a car explosion outside Liverpool Women's Hospital on Sunday.
Images circulating online appear to show a car in flames outside #Liverpool Women’s Hospital at 11am today. Bomb squad reportedly on scene and people advised to avoid area. @MerseyPolice have confirmed an incident and that a cordon is in place. pic.twitter.com/XCvNG8SVj5
— Lee Graham (@leepg) November 14, 2021
Images from the scene showed a car caught on fire, with smoke billowing over the building.
"Unfortunately, we can confirm that one person has died and another has been taken to hospital where he is being treated for his injuries, which thankfully are not life-threatening," the police said in a statement.
"So far we understand that the car involved was a taxi which pulled up at the hospital shortly before the explosion occurred."
LATEST | Here is our latest statement on the incident from 10.59am today (Sunday, 14 November) outside of the Women's Hospital in Liverpool city centre.
— Merseyside Police (@MerseyPolice) November 14, 2021
Read Here: https://t.co/7gwJB5GuAX pic.twitter.com/ubk24Er3bA
Counter-terrorism units have opened an investigation into what happened, but detectives are keeping an "open mind" over the cause, confirming that they have not announced that the attack was an act of terrorism.
