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The Associated Press reports:
A 53-year-old British man plowed a minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who were celebrating the city’s Premier League championship Monday, injuring more than 45 people as shouts of joy turned into shrieks of terror.
The driver arrested was believed to be the only one involved and the crash was not being investigated as an act of terrorism, police said.
Ambulances took 27 people to the hospital, including two with serious injuries, and another 20 people were treated at the scene for minor injuries, said Dave Kitchin of North West Ambulance Service. At least four children were injured.
The Mirror reports:
Merseyside Police confirmed that the man suspected of driving a car into dozens of people in the city centre after Liverpool’s title-winning parade is a 53-year-old white British local.
However, as no charges have been made regarding the incident, the police are not disclosing the arrested man’s name, which is standard practice in the UK. The press are also prohibited from identifying him.
In a significant ruling in 2022, the Supreme Court determined that an individual under criminal investigation has a reasonable expectation of privacy and should not be named until charges are filed.
The BBC reports:
It was striking how quickly police shared the man’s nationality and ethnicity. The decision shows lessons have already been learned from the Southport attacks last summer, when online speculation and disinformation filled a void after the same force released little detail about the 17-year-old they had in custody.
Usually when a suspect is arrested, police forces in England and Wales just give out the age of the person and where they were arrested. But at 19:53 BST, the force emailed out a press release including the suspect’s age, nationality and ethnicity.
It was a clear attempt to damp down inaccurate speculation on social media that the Ford Galaxy driving into Liverpool fans was part of an Islamist terrorist attack, or was in any way linked to migrants.
Prominent US cultists and far-right UK figures continue to flood X with claims that the driver is a actually a migrant or Muslim man, claiming that local police are covering up the man’s identity. Several widely shared claims contain photos of a man arrested in a separate incident for stealing a police officer’s hat.
Police say driver who plowed into soccer fans in Liverpool acted alone
Police say driver who plowed into soccer fans in Liverpool acted alone
LONDON (AP) — A 53-year-old British man plowed a minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who…
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The driver arrested was believed to be the only one involved in the incident and it was not being investigated as an act of terrorism, police said. https://t.co/k3Yr9pI9Mo
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