{"id":1019727,"date":"2021-11-16T13:29:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T18:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1019727"},"modified":"2021-11-16T13:29:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T18:29:14","slug":"liverpool-hospital-bomber-named-as-asylum-seeker-emad-al-swealmeen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liverpool-hospital-bomber-named-as-asylum-seeker-emad-al-swealmeen\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Hospital Bomber Named as Asylum Seeker Emad Al Swealmeen"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliverpool-hospital-bomber-named-as-asylum-seeker-emad-al-swealmeen%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1019727&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/3507-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The man who exploded a homemade bomb outside Liverpool Women\u2019s Hospital has been revealed to be a Middle Eastern asylum seeker named Emad Al Swealmeen.<\/p>\n<p>Emad Al Swealmeen, who died in the blast on Sunday inside a taxi cab has been revealed to have been a failed asylum seeker reportedly of&nbsp;Syrian and Iraqi heritage.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Four other men were arrested under the Terrorism Act in Liverpool but were subsequently released from police custody without any charges, the BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-merseyside-59298586\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the attack, which occurred just moments before the national moment of silence for Remembrance Sunday when the United Kingdom honours fallen war dead, the government raised the terror threat level to \u201csevere\u201d. It is not believed that this is in connection to any known imminent threat, however.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, the police said that they have made \u201csignificant progress\u201d on the case and now have a&nbsp;\u201cmuch greater understanding of the component parts of the device, how they were obtained and how the parts are likely to have been assembled.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Assistant Chief Constable Russ Jackson said: \u201cFollowing interviews with the arrested men, we are satisfied with the accounts they have provided and they have been released from police custody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is likely to be some time, perhaps many weeks until we are confident on our understanding of what has taken place\u201d, he said, adding that police have \u201cconsiderable resources and staff deployed to understand how this device was built and who, if anyone, else was involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CCTV footage of the blast was revealed on Monday, showing the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/15\/hero-cab-driver-locked-bomber-inside-taxi-before-blast-at-uk-hospital-reports\/\">heroic<\/a>\u201d taxi driver, who has been named in the press as Dave Perry, jumping out of the car after having allegedly locked in the attacker in order to prevent any other civilians from being injured.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.85\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WARNING: This video contains distressing content.<\/p>\n<p>GB News have obtained CCTV footage of the moment a vehicle explodes outside Liverpool Women&#8217;s Hospital. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uizpVmmXZy\">pic.twitter.com\/uizpVmmXZy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GB News (@GBNEWS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GBNEWS\/status\/1460200274342125570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Christian couple from Liverpool,&nbsp;Elizabeth and Malcolm Hitchcott, who took&nbsp;Al Swealmeen into their home in 2017, said that the bomber had converted to Christianity, having been baptised and confirmed in the local cathedral.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In an interview with ITV, Mr&nbsp;Hitchcott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/2021-11-15\/couple-who-lived-with-liverpool-terror-suspect-glad-he-didnt-kill-anyone-else\">described<\/a> Al Swealmeen as having been a \u201cquiet\u201d and \u201cdeep\u201d person, who had converted to Christianity after becoming disillusioned with Islam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean he lived here for eight months, and we were living cheek by jowl. There was never any suggestion of anything amiss,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat a waste of a life. But the one thing I suppose to be thankful for is that he did not kill anyone else,\u201d Elizabeth Hitchcott said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr&nbsp;Hitchcott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10206215\/Christian-pensioners-opened-house-Liverpool-suicide-bomber-tell-shock.html\">told<\/a> the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> that&nbsp;Al Swealmeen had spent several months in a mental institution after having been arrested for carrying a \u201clarge knife\u201d after his asylum claim was rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2021\/11\/15\/liverpool-womens-hospital-car-bomb-terror-attack-latest-news\/\">reports<\/a> have claimed that the attacker was not on any government terrorism watch lists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Concerns have been raised that Muslim migrants have been abusing the Liverpool Cathedral by converting to Christianity in order to increase their odds of attaining asylum status in Britain. A former Muslim, who was ordained as a curate at the cathedral in 2016, Mohammad Eghtedarian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2021\/11\/16\/concerns-migrants-faking-religious-conversions-liverpool-cathedral\/\">told<\/a> <em>The Telegraph<\/em> that many migrants perform false conversions to cheat the system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do understand there are a lot of mixed motives. There are many people abusing the system \u2013 I\u2019m not ashamed of saying that,\u201d Eghtedarian said.<\/p>\n<p>In comments provided to Breitbart London, Migration Watch chairman Alp Mehmet said: \u201cThis is a seriously worrying case, which could be the tip of the iceberg. It points to the dysfunctional depths into which our shattered asylum system has sunk. Why this person was not removed or detained having been denied asylum is utterly baffling. We need to know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the attack at a Downing Street press conference on Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/liverpool-explosion-man-killed-in-terror-incident-outside-hospital-named-by-police-12469578\">said<\/a> that the bombing was a \u201cstark reminder\u201d for the public to remain vigilant in the face of the terror threat facing the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat yesterday showed above all is that the British people will never be cowed by terrorism, we will never give in to those who seek to divide us with senseless acts of violence,\u201d Johnson said, adding:&nbsp;\u201cAnd our freedoms and our way of life will always prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.6878612716763\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Fault of Our Weak Leaders\u2019: Farage Slams Govt After Terror Attack, Threat Level Raised <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OoXrxAg2TH\">https:\/\/t.co\/OoXrxAg2TH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1460332524723339268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man who exploded a homemade bomb outside Liverpool Women\u2019s Hospital has been revealed to be a Middle Eastern asylum seeker named Emad Al Swealmeen. 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