Tag: Emad al-Swealmeen

Nov 2021. The Liverpool Bombing Part 3

Merseyside Police were called at 10:59 GMT on 14 November to reports of a car explosion at Liverpool Women’s Hospital. The taxi carrying Al Swealmeen had pulled up to the hospital and exploded shortly afterwards. Al Swealmeen, who had been picked up from the Rutland Avenue area and asked to be taken to the hospital… Continue reading Nov 2021. The Liverpool Bombing Part 3

Nov 2021. The Liverpool Bombing Part 2

Aerial view of damaged car being removed by forensic officer after the explosion at the Liverpool Women's Hospital that killed one person and injured another on Sunday. Suspected terrorist Emad Al Swealmeen, 32, died after the device exploded in a taxi shortly before 11am on Remembrance Sunday. Picture date: Wednesday November 17, 2021.

A man who was killed outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital on Remembrance Sunday when his homemade bomb went off has been identified as 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen. He was an asylum seeker born in Iraq who is understood to have converted to Christianity in 2017. Al Swealmeen was the passenger of the taxi destroyed in the… Continue reading Nov 2021. The Liverpool Bombing Part 2

Nov 2021. The Liverpool Bombing Part 1

A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up with a homemade device outside a maternity hospital in Liverpool, forcing the national terror threat level to be raised for the first time in months amid fears of another potential attack. Counter-terrorism police last night said they “strongly believed” the dead man to be Emad al-Swealmeen, 32, who… Continue reading Nov 2021. The Liverpool Bombing Part 1