Liverpool hospital bomber had asylum claim grievance, police inquiry finds

Emad al-Swealmeen, who died after detonating homemade device inside taxi, had been rejected for asylum

A man who detonated a bomb outside a hospital had a grievance against the British state because his asylum claim was rejected, a police investigation has found.

Emad al-Swealmeen, 32, detonated the device, which he had made himself, while in a taxi outside Liverpool Women's hospital just before 11am on 14 November 2021.