Police have arrested a 53-year-old man after multiple pedestrians were hit by a car during a Premier League victory parade in Liverpool. The incident, police said, is not being treated as terror-related, according to the BBC.
The incident happened in the city’s Water Street just after 18:00, Merseyside police reported. “We were contacted at just after 18:00 today, Monday 26 May, following reports a car had been in collision with a number of pedestrians on Water Street. The car stopped at the scene and a male has been detained,” the police force said in a statement.
A 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area was arrested. 27 people, according to the ambulance service, have been hospitalised for treatment. Two of them, including a child, are seriously injured. Another 20 people had their injuries treated at the scene, including four children.
It is not being treated as terror-related. Police only consider such an incident to be terrorism if it is believed to have been intended to influence the government or intimidate the public in order to advance “a political, religious, racial, or ideological cause.”
What should have been a day of “absolute celebration,” according to Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotherham, was “overshadowed” by the attack. He called on the public to avoid any speculation as the police continue the investigation.
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