Liverpool terrorist Emad Al Swealmeen detonated bomb outside hospital after asylum claims turned down, probe reveals

POPPY Day terrorist Emad Jamil Al-Swealmeen detonated a bomb outside a Liverpool hospital after his asylum claims were turned down, a probe has revealed.

The Jordanian, 32, blew himself to bits with a home-made ball-bearing device on November 14, 2021.

He had taken a taxi from his bomb lair home to the local Liverpool Women’s Hospital.

Now a police investigation has revealed he had a grievance against the British state for failing to accept his asylum claim and that, combined with mental ill health, is likely to have led him to carry out the attack.

CCTV footage captured the moment the device was detonated seconds after cabbie David Perry pulled up in front of the main entrance at 10.59 am.

Detective Superintendent Andy Meeks, of Counter Terrorism Policing North West, told a briefing on Monday it was believed Al Swealmeen intended to go into the hospital and detonate the device, but it was likely that it exploded earlier than planned.

He said there was no evidence anyone else was involved in the attack.

A police report on the investigation said there was no evidence Al Swealmeen held extremist views.

It said: “It seems most likely that Al Swealmeen’s grievance against the British state for failing to accept his asylum claim compounded his mental ill health which in turn fed that grievance and ultimately a combination of those factors led him to undertake the attack.”

Mr Meeks said Al Swealmeen, who was born in Iraq, went to considerable lengths to stay in the country, including converting to Christianity, although the authenticity of his conversion was in doubt.

It was previously understood he had been in a long-term dispute with the Home Office over his application for UK residential status.

And he had not been granted leave to remain here permanently.