Four more people were seriously injured in the hospital, after a driver ran into a crowd of partying football supporters on Monday evening in Liverpool. That is what the mayor of Liverpool Steve Rotheram told Omroep BBC on Tuesday. On Monday evening, two seriously injured. The Guardian previously reported nearly fifty injuries, including four children.
The mayor also called on ‘not to speculate’ about the motives of the suspect, a 53-year-old white man living in Liverpool. Soon after the collision, the police had announced that there is no terrorism and assume a “self -standing” incident.
The police received a report of the collision in Water Street on Monday evening around six o’clock, where Liverpool FC players passed by to be honored to win the Premier League.
Car
On depictwho have been verified by the BBC, can be seen how a gray Ford is briefly stopped by bystanders halfway through the busy street. For a moment the car goes backwards. Supporters hit the windows, a door of the car opens for a while, and then the driver manages to drive into the crowd at an increased speed.
The car scooped dozens of people, according to the fire brigade, four people ended up the car. The car eventually came to a halt because a mix of supporters and police officers stopped the driver. On images you can see how the rear window of the car is broken. Just after that the driver was arrested.
It is still unclear whether the car could be in Water Street at all. The Guardian wrote that the road had been opened again after the bus had passed with Liverpool players, but eyewitnesses reported to the BBC that there were still closing signs on the road.
Dampen
That the details about the suspect were quickly brought out is striking, former police officers say to the BBC. According to a former inspector, this was probably-with last year’s Southport riots fresh in the memory-an attempt to dampen the big speculation about the motives and background of the suspect.
In Southport, three girls were killed in a stabbing in July last year. Shortly after the incident, the same police station decided not to bring information about the possible perpetrator, which resulted in fake news that the perpetrator was an Islamic migrant.
That disinformation at the time played a role in the large -scale riots that broke out after the stabbing. A month after the riots, a judge, in an attempt to reduce the unrest, announced the identity of the perpetrator; It turned out to be a man born in the United Kingdom who when the stabbing took place was still a minor.
Even after the collision in Liverpool, a lot of disinformation is about a possible terrorist attack on social media.
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