Ball bearings in Liverpool bomb could have caused significant death, police say

Forensic officers at Liverpool Women’s Hospital (Peter Byrne/PA)

The bomb used in the Liverpool Remembrance Sunday attack was a homemade explosive with ball bearings attached to it and could have caused “significant injury or death”, police have said.

Emad Al Swealmeen, 32, died when the taxi he was a passenger in exploded outside the Liverpool Women’s Hospital just before 11am on Sunday.