UK: 1 dead in car explosion outside Liverpool hospital

LONDON — Counter-terrorism constabulary successful Britain were investigating an detonation astatine a infirmary Sunday successful the metropolis of Liverpool that killed 1 idiosyncratic and injured another.

Police were called to reports of a blast involving a taxi astatine Liverpool Women’s Hospital connected Sunday morning. Police said they were “keeping an unfastened mind” astir what caused the detonation but counter-terrorism constabulary were starring the probe arsenic a precaution.

“So acold we understand, the car progressive was a taxi, which pulled up astatine the infirmary soon earlier the detonation occurred,” Merseyside Police said successful a statement. “Work is inactive going connected to found what has happened and could instrumentality immoderate clip earlier we are successful a presumption to corroborate anything.”

One idiosyncratic died and a antheral was being treated for non life-threatening injuries.

The Liverpool Women’s Hospital said it instantly restricted visiting entree until further announcement and patients had been diverted to different hospitals “where possible.”