UK Police identify Syrian refugee as perpetrator of Liverpool blast
The explosion of a taxi in front of a hospital in Liverpool, north of England, last Sunday, could have been a greater tragedy had it not been for the bravery of the taxi driver, who was injured and to which the British media - and those responsible politicians - have described as "hero".
According to the
Daily Mail
,
the taxi driver, David Perry
realized that the passenger was "suspicious"
and locked him in the taxi before escaping.
"The case is still under investigation, so I cannot comment on the details or say exactly what kind of incident it was ... but it seems that
the taxi driver in question behaved with incredible courage and courage
,"
Boris
said yesterday
Johnson
, during a visit to a London medical center.
Perry led the passenger - who was carrying the explosive - to Liverpool Women's Hospital.
The explosion destroyed the taxi and killed the passenger.
Perry managed to escape seconds before his vehicle was engulfed in flames.
The explosion took place on Sunday together before 11 am (local time and GMT) during the commemorations for the victims of the war, the 'Armistice Day' in the United Kingdom.
A few hundred meters from the hospital, soldiers, veterans and members of the public - more than 1,000 people - were gathered in Liverpool Cathedral.
It is still unknown whether the terrorist had these commemorations as his objective.
"His guardian angels have saved him"
Experts consulted by the British media consider that Perry came out with only a few bruises because
the explosive was defective or did not work properly
. Nick Aldworth, a former national coordinator for the fight against terrorism, said on BBC Radio 4 that the explosion "caused very little damage" so that the device was "of low performance". It has also been speculated that the dividing screen inside the vehicle, between the passenger and the driver, could have saved the taxi driver.
"The taxi driver, with his heroic efforts,
managed to avoid what could be a
horrible
catastrophe
at the hospital," Liverpool Mayor Joanne Anderson told the BBC.
A
nderson confirmed that the driver had "closed the doors" of the vehicle.
David Perry has already been released from the hospital.
His wife, Rachel, wrote on Facebook that it had been "a total miracle" that he had managed to escape the car and that he felt that "some guardian angels" had been looking out for him.
Rachel Perry thanked the hospital's "amazing staff, doctors and nurses" and the police officers and detectives "who have been taking care of us."
Meanwhile, British police yesterday identified
Emad al Swealmeen
, a 32-year-old Syrian refugee, as the passenger who died during the explosion in the taxi. Eman, also known as
Enzo Almeni
after his conversion to Christianity, possibly planned to attack the Anglican cathedral of the city coinciding with the celebration
of Armistice Day.
The United Kingdom yesterday raised the country's terrorist threat level to
"serious",
the second highest.
Interior Minister
Priti Patel
said the Liverpool incident was the second act deemed terrorist after the murder of MP David Amess a month ago.
This level of threat means that the
risk of an attack is considered "highly probable".
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