Four held over Liverpool taxi ‘terrorist’ blast

LIVERPOOL: Police in northwest England on Monday said they were treating a deadly blast outside a hospital in Liverpool as a “terrorist incident” involving a homemade bomb that was reportedly foiled by a quick-thinking taxi driver.

Russ Jackson, in charge of counter-terrorism policing in the region, said the motivation for Sunday’s blast in a taxi was unclear. But he said the improvised explosive device, which ignited in the cab, turning it into a fireball, was “built by the passenger” who died.