London: Homemade bomb that killed a man in a taxi liverpool British police said on Friday it would have had a ball bearing and would have caused “significant injury or death” if it exploded under different circumstances.
suspected bomber, imad al sleemeenThe 32-year-old died when a cab in which he was a passenger exploded outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital on Sunday morning. The taxi driver was injured.
Russ Jackson, chief of counter-terrorism policing in northwest England, said on Friday that the device was “built using domestic explosives and fitted with ball bearings that would have acted as shrapnel.”
“Had it exploded under different circumstances, we believe it would have caused significant injury or death,” he said.
Jackson said police were investigating whether the bomb was inadvertently detonated when the vehicle was moving or stopped.
the police said al sleemeen, originally from Iraq, had spent at least six months buying parts for the bomb and appears to have acted alone.
Officials said al-Sleemeen applied for asylum in the UK in 2014, but was rejected. clergy Two Liverpool churches said to have converted from Al Swelmeen Islam to Christianity.
Police also confirmed that Al Swelmeen had been treated for mental illness in the past.
Jackson said detectives had spoken to a brother of the suspected assailant, which gave police “an understanding of Al Sleemin’s life and his recent state of mind, an important line of investigation.”
Britain’s official threat level was raised from sufficient to severe – meaning an attack is highly likely – following the explosion, which occurred on Remembrance Sunday, when services were held in memory of those killed in the war. Huh.
suspected bomber, imad al sleemeenThe 32-year-old died when a cab in which he was a passenger exploded outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital on Sunday morning. The taxi driver was injured.
Russ Jackson, chief of counter-terrorism policing in northwest England, said on Friday that the device was “built using domestic explosives and fitted with ball bearings that would have acted as shrapnel.”
“Had it exploded under different circumstances, we believe it would have caused significant injury or death,” he said.
Jackson said police were investigating whether the bomb was inadvertently detonated when the vehicle was moving or stopped.
the police said al sleemeen, originally from Iraq, had spent at least six months buying parts for the bomb and appears to have acted alone.
Officials said al-Sleemeen applied for asylum in the UK in 2014, but was rejected. clergy Two Liverpool churches said to have converted from Al Swelmeen Islam to Christianity.
Police also confirmed that Al Swelmeen had been treated for mental illness in the past.
Jackson said detectives had spoken to a brother of the suspected assailant, which gave police “an understanding of Al Sleemin’s life and his recent state of mind, an important line of investigation.”
Britain’s official threat level was raised from sufficient to severe – meaning an attack is highly likely – following the explosion, which occurred on Remembrance Sunday, when services were held in memory of those killed in the war. Huh.
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