UK police: Blast outside hospital was terrorist incident

LONDON — British constabulary accidental an detonation successful a taxi extracurricular a infirmary that killed a antheral is being treated arsenic a violent incident, but the motive remains unclear.

Russ Jackson, the caput of Counterterrorism Policing successful northwest England, said the blast connected Sunday astatine Liverpool Women's Hospital progressive an improvised explosive device.

Jackson told media outlets that a taxi operator picked up a passenger, who asked to beryllium taken to the hospital.

"As the taxi approached the drop-off constituent astatine the hospital, an detonation occurred from wrong the car," Jackson said, according to the BBC. "This rapidly engulfed it successful flames."

The detonation connected Sunday took spot a "short region away" from a Remembrance Day program.

"We cannot astatine this clip gully immoderate transportation with this, but it is simply a enactment of enquiry we are pursuing," Jackson said, according to the BBC.

The antheral rider successful the taxi died successful the explosion. The operator was capable to flight from the car. He was treated astatine a section infirmary for his injuries but has since been released.

"Inquiries volition present proceed to question to recognize however the instrumentality was built, the information for the incident, and to recognize if anyone other was progressive successful it," Jackson said.

Four men successful their 20s person been detained nether the Terrorism Act successful transportation with the explosion.