Liverpool blast terror attack; Four arrested

Police have confirmed that a bomb blast at a maternity hospital in Liverpool on Remembrance Day was a terrorist attack. The UK is relieved that a major accident has been averted due to the coordinated intervention of a taxi driver. The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a taxi driver’s car, detonating a small car bomb, killing only the attacker.

Four people have so far been taken into police custody in connection with the incident. Police confirmed that the incident was a terrorist attack and did not disclose further details.

Monday was Britain’s Remembrance Day, commemorating those who lost their lives in World Wars I and II. The assailant first instructed the taxi driver to go to the cathedral where the ceremony was being held. Halfway through the traffic heavy traffic the passenger shifted to the destination. He was asked to return the car to Liverpool Maternity Hospital. The suspected driver got out of the car as soon as he reached the hospital.

The driver, suspicious of the passenger’s actions, locked the car from the outside. Within seconds the car exploded with a loud bang. The terrorist, who was trapped in the car, was killed in the blast. The driver was hospitalized with minor injuries. People and police in Liverpool are relieved that the horrific suicide bombing was averted without major disasters.

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