A 32-year-old man named Emad Al Swealmeen was identified by UK police as the suspect who was behind Liverpool’s hospital explosion on Sunday.
Al Swealmeen is believed to have built a homemade bomb before detonating it in a cab near Liverpool’s Women’s hospital, and dying in the blast.
Three men were held on Sunday, and another on Monday, under terrorism laws, before being released from custody.
Police believe Al Swealmeen was a refugee from Syria in the asylum system, who may have suffered from mental health issues.
The suspect died in the blast after detonating the bomb, while the taxi driver managed to escape before the car caught fire.
The cabbie, whose name has not been released, is being treated in hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said the national terror threat level had been raised from “substantial” to “severe”, meaning an attack is “highly likely”, because the explosion in Liverpool was the second incident in a month, following the death of Conservative MP Sir David Amess on October 15.
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