Liverpool hospital attack declared act of terror as man killed in blast is named

National terror threat raised as counter-terrorism police strongly believe' dead attacker to be Emad al-Swealmeen

A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up with a homemade device outside a maternity hospital in Liverpool, forcing the national terror threat level to be raised for the first time in months amid fears of another potential attack.

Counter-terrorism police last night said they strongly believed" the dead man to be Emad al-Swealmeen, 32, who had travelled in a taxi to Liverpool Women's hospital from an address he had recently rented a few miles away.