Suicide Bomber Thwarted In Liverpool. U.K. Terror Threat Raised To Severe

 

Daily Mail: Hero British taxi driver 'locked suicide bomber in his car' as friends say he only needed stitches and is already home: Cops confirm blast outside Liverpool hospital WAS terror incident 

* A taxi exploded as it pulled up outside Liverpool Women's Hospital yesterday, killing the one male passenger 

* The explosion came at 10:59am, seconds before the 11am Remembrance minute's silence was due to be held 

* Counter-terror police are leading the investigation amid fears the passenger who died was a suicide bomber 

* Taxi driver David Perry was hailed hero by friends who said he locked the 'suspicious' man in his car 

* Friends said that the passenger originally wanted taking to Liverpool's Remembrance Sunday service nearby 

* Three men - aged 21, 26 and 29 - were arrested under Terrorism Act in raids in Liverpool yesterday afternoon 

* Police activity continued across Liverpool into this morning with homes evacuated by armed officers 

* Mr Perry suffered relatively minor injuries and has already been released from hospital, friends said last night 

A hero taxi driver has been credited with saving many lives after locking an alleged suicide bomber inside his cab just moments before the vehicle blew up outside a hospital in what police and MI5 are now probing as a Poppy Day terror attack. 

The explosion turned David Perry's cab into a fireball outside the Liverpool Women's Hospital, seconds before the 11am minute's silence was due to take place yesterday. 

The male passenger, who had asked to go to the city's Service of Remembrance at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral less than a mile away where 1,200 military personnel, veterans and families of the fallen had gathered, was the only person killed.  

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WNU Editor: Arrests have been made .... UK terror threat raised to SEVERE: Boris says Britain 'must remain vigilant' as it emerges Poppy Day 'suicide bomber was from Middle East and UNKNOWN to MI5' - as footage shows armed cops force man out of Liverpool home linked to hospital IED blast (Daily Mail). 

More News On Liverpool Terrorism Incident  

UK raises threat level after Liverpool taxi blast -- Reuters  

Liverpool Women's Hospital explosion declared a terror incident -- BBC  

Explosion outside Liverpool hospital was a terrorist incident, UK police say -- FOX News/AP  

Liverpool car blast declared a 'terrorist incident' by U.K. police -- NBC  

Liverpool explosion: Three arrested under Terrorism Act after car blast at hospital -- BBC  

Liverpool terrorist incident caused by man who brought explosive device into taxi, police say -- CNN