On Monday, in Liverpool, United Kingdom, a van plowed through a crowd gathered to celebrate and watch the Liverpool FC trophy parade. As of this writing, there is no work on how many injuries or deaths, if any, resulted. A 53-year-old "British man" is in custody. Police at one point had to prevent a crowd from attacking the man.
Another unverified X spot purports to show the driver and has video of the event:
The United Kingdom's Sky News has some details:
Key points
- 53-year-old British man detained after car collides with 'number of pedestrians' in Liverpool
- What do we know so far?
- News conference expected later tonight
- 'There was a car driving straight towards us' - eyewitness report
- Scenes in Liverpool are 'appalling', says prime minister
- Premier League: 'Our heartfelt thoughts go out to all affected'
As well as a "here's what we know so far" post:
Things are developing quickly in Liverpool after a car collided with a "number of pedestrians" this afternoon.
Here's everything we know so far:
- Emergency service are responding to an incident in Liverpool city centre after a car collided with several pedestrians;
- The incident happened as up to a million fans lined the streets to celebrate Liverpool's Premier League title;
- A 53-year-old British man from the Liverpool area has been detained, but it is not yet known how many people are injured or if anyone has been killed;
- The ambulance service said at 9.24pm that it has now cleared the scene - and said it will update on casualty numbers at a news briefing shortly (we will bring you details on that as soon as we have them);
- The area has been cordoned off and a large number of emergency services remain at the scene;
- Merseyside Police are leading the investigation, with officers from Counter Terrorism Policing North West supporting, the PA news agency understands;
- The prime minister has described the scenes as "appalling", and thanked the emergency services for their response - while the home secretary has said she is being kept updated by the police.
The Northwest ambulance service, again as of this writing, has "cleared the scene," again according to SkyNews. A casualty report will be released later tonight. Emergency services are still on the scene, and it appears that several temporary shelter tents have been set up.
The driver of the van is in custody, described only as a "53-year-old white British male." A video released by SkyNews has more information - we are unfortunately not able to bring you the video directly.
While it's not yet clear is this is a terror attack, attacks with cars have happened several times this year:
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This is a developing story. We will continue to watch and bring you updates as events warrant.
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