Three arrested under Terrorism Act after explosion outside Liverpool hospital

Three men were arrested under the Terrorism Act yesterday, after one man was killed in a car explosion outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital.

Merseyside Police said a taxi carrying a sole passenger pulled up at the hospital moments before 11:00AM, when the two minutes’ silence for Remembrance Sunday was set to begin, and exploded.

The site is close to Liverpool cathedral, where the Remembrance Sunday service was ongoing.

The passenger was declared dead at the scene.

The taxi driver David Perry was injured and remains in a stable condition.

There are reports, not yet confirmed by police, that Perry had realised that the passenger was in possession of a bomb and locked him in the car before it detonated.

People were evacuated from their houses on Rutland Avenue in the city as police continued their investigations into the night.