Liverpool taxi bomb blast caught on camera shows harrowing scenes

Daily Mail published this video item, entitled “Liverpool taxi bomb blast caught on camera shows harrowing scenes” – below is their description.

The hero 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. 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 explosion happens as the cab pulls up, then Mr Perry jumps out of the vehicle. The shocking video makes the driver even braver, as he may have locked the doors to stop the suspect entering the hospital, even if it cost him his own life. 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. A friend of married father-of-two Mr Perry, 45, said that he believed that the cathedral was the target but traffic and road closures led to the passenger, who has not been formally identified, asking the driver to park at the nearby Liverpool Women’s Hospital instead. By locking him in, David appears to have stopped the man targeting  the hospital as the clock struck 11am. MI5 are said to be working with counter-terrorism police to confirm whether the Cathedral or the hospital was the true target and whether it was an Islamist attack.

Daily Mail YouTube Channel

Got a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. Please note comments are moderated before publication.


About This Source - Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market newspaper and news website published in London in a tabloid format. Founded in 1896, it is the United Kingdom’s highest-circulated daily newspaper.

Recent from Daily Mail:

Horrific aftermath of iran village following strikes carried out by pakistan 1

Horrific aftermath of Iran village following strikes carried out by Pakistan

Ukrainian drone destroys Russian oil tanks in Bryansk

LIVE: JAXA attempts the lunar landing of its Smart Lander

In This Story: MI5

The Security Service, also known as MI5, is the United Kingdom’s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service, Government Communications Headquarters, and Defence Intelligence.

3 Recent Items: MI5

‘It’s discrimination!’ | MI5 offers internship to everyone EXCEPT white people

The Russian espionage threat

Minister warns of terrorism risk to the UK given ‘global divisions’

In This Story: Police

The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence.

2 Recent Items: Police

Teacher threatened to behead and slit student’s throat. Hear from her parents

Dog helps Michigan police rescue owner from icy lake

Leave a Comment

We don't require your email address, or your name, for anyone to leave a comment. If you do add an email address, you may be notified if there are replies to your comment - we won't use it for any other purpose. Please make respectful comments, which add value, and avoid personal attacks on others. Links are not allowed in comments - 99% of spam comments, attempt to post links. Please describe where people may find additional information - for example "visit the UN website" or "search Google for..." rather than posting a link. Comments failing to adhere to these guidelines will not be published.