A Labour MP has said that Muslims in her constituency are facing racial hatred after the terrorist incident in Liverpool.
Kim Johnson, who represents Liverpool Riverside, told MPs that “my team have been hearing incidents where women wearing the Hijab are facing abuse.”
Meanwhile, Bishop Cyril Ashton said that terror suspect Emad Al Swealmeen was a confirmed Christian and that he was “shocked and saddened” by the bombing.
A spokesman for Liverpool Cathedral said Al Swealmeen was baptised in 2015 and confirmed in 2017, but lost contact with the cathedral in 2018.
Earlier on Tuesday it was revealed that the 32-year-old previously lived and prayed with a couple in Liverpool.
Al Swealmeen - who was last night named by police as the deceased bomber in the terror incident that took place outside of Liverpool Women’s Hospital on Sunday - briefly resided at Malcolm and Elizabeth Hitchcott’s home in 2017.
The couple described Al Swealmeen as a “lovely guy” and when asked if they were shocked by the incident they replied “very”.
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