Police were called to reports of a blast involving a taxi at Liverpool Women’s Hospital on Sunday morning (British time). Police said the explosion had not been declared a terrorist attack, but counter-terrorism police were leading the investigation and the men were detained under the Terrorism Act. “So far we understand, the car involved was a taxi, which pulled up at the hospital shortly before the explosion occurred," Merseyside Police said in a statement. The male passenger of the car died and the driver was being treated for non life-threatening injuries. The Liverpool Women’s Hospital said it immediately restricted visiting access until further notice and diverted patients to other hospitals “where possible.”Fire services said they extinguished the car fire rapidly, and a person had left the car before the fire “developed to the extent that it did.”

Source: The Hindu November 15, 2021 00:36 UTC