Four people have already been arrested. It has been agreed to raise the terrorist alert level to the second highest.
The United Kingdom Police have formally classified this Monday as a terrorist incident the explosion registered on Sunday in a vehicle in front of the Liverpool Women’s Hospital, whose circumstances are not yet clear, but for which four people have already been arrested.
The explosion occurred inside a taxi. The passenger of the vehicle, pending identification, lost his life in this incident, while the driver, identified by the British media as David Perry, he was hurt.
The anti-terrorist unit of the Police took over the investigations from the beginning, but it was not until this Monday that one of its leaders, Russ Jackson, recognized that the main hypothesis is that it is a terrorist incident.
Investigators say Perry picked up the passenger in the Rutland area and took him to the hospital, where an explosion occurred.
On Sunday, the authorities already detained three men from 21, 26 and 29 years old for his alleged connection with these events and this Monday a fourth arrest was confirmed, that of a young man from 20 years and Kensington.
The Police are also examining the motives behind this case, which occurred in the Remembrance sunday, which pays tribute to the British fallen in conflict. The explosion took place near the place of the tributes and Jackson has indicated that “it is a line of investigation”.
Terrorist alert
Following confirmation of the terrorist background, the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has called a meeting of the main security commands and, in it, it has been agreed to raise the alert level, to the second highest.
The authorities believe that it is “very likely” that other similar events will occur. Not surprisingly, Liverpool is the second such event in less than a month, after the assassination of Conservative MP David Amess.
The taxi driver
The key to the investigations could be held by the taxi driver, whom authorities, including Johnson himself, have publicly described as a hero. His wife, Rachel Perry, has assured in statements to the Daily Telegraph that her husband “is fine”, but still “processing” what he has experienced.
“There are many rumors circulating around that he is a hero and locked the passenger in the car, but the truth is that he is lucky to be alive,” he added.
The Mayor of Liverpool, Joanne Anderson, has assured that Perry behaved in a “heroic” manner. Specifically, he applauded that he was able to get out of the taxi and “close the doors”, which prevented “an absolutely horrible disaster” on Sunday.
Kingston is an accomplished author and journalist, known for his in-depth and engaging writing on sports. He currently works as a writer at 247 News Agency, where he has established himself as a respected voice in the sports industry.
