UK: 1 dead in car explosion outside Liverpool hospital

LONDON – Counter-terrorism constabulary successful Britain were investigating an detonation astatine a infirmary Sunday successful the metropolis of Liverpool that killed 1 idiosyncratic and injured another.

Police were called to reports of a blast involving a taxi astatine Liverpool Women’s Hospital connected Sunday morning. Police said the detonation had not been declared a violent incident, but counter-terrorism constabulary were starring the probe arsenic a precaution.

“So acold we understand, the car progressive was a taxi, which pulled up astatine the infirmary soon earlier the detonation occurred," Merseyside Police said successful a statement. “Work is inactive going connected to found what has happened and could instrumentality immoderate clip earlier we are successful a presumption to corroborate anything."

One idiosyncratic died and a antheral was being treated for non life-threatening injuries. Police said they were “keeping an unfastened mind” astir what caused the explosion.

The Liverpool Women’s Hospital said it instantly restricted visiting entree until further announcement and diverted patients to different hospitals “where possible.”

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Fire services said they extinguished the car occurrence rapidly, and a idiosyncratic had near the car earlier the occurrence “developed to the grade that it did.”

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