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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Jonathan Humphries & Kieran Isgin

Police search teams and CSI return to house linked to Liverpool bomber

Crime scene investigators draped in white body suits have returned to a Kensington property linked to Liverpool hospital bomber.

Emad Al-Swealmeen, 32, detonated a homemade bomb in the back of a taxi outside Liverpool Women's Hospital just before 11 am on Sunday.

The driver of the taxi, David Perry, escaped the vehicle shortly after the bomb detonated, engulfing it in flames - Al-Swealmeen died in the taxi.

READ MORE: Hospital security guard relives moment he helped Liverpool bomb hero as he stumbled from his taxi

Counter-terrorism police raided the Kensington property on Sunday afternoon which extended into Monday morning where four men living at the address were arrested, according to the Liverpool Echo.

The men were released by Monday evening after detectives were satisfied they had nothing to do with the terror attack.

While the men were still in custody, a cordon around the property's street was removed while the cordon around the actual property remained.

Police and forensic officers carry out a fingertip search at Liverpool Women's hospital on November 15, 2021 (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

But on Wednesday, a bomb squad was called to the scene on Sutcliffe Street which was closed off alongside a large part of Boaler Street after "suspicious packages" were discovered.

Explosive experts investigated the packages with residents of Sutcliffe Street permitted to come and go - but the road remains closed to the wider public.

This morning (Thursday) search teams were seen returning to the property alongside a large blue van parked outside the house.

Among the cohort were also uniformed police officers who could be seen examining notes on a clipboard as the search teams entered the Kensignton property.

Police cordon on Sutcliffe Street where a property has been linked to the Al-Swealmeen (Andrew Teebay/Liverpool Echo)

A clear link between Al-Swealmeen and Sutcliffe Street has yet to be made clear since Counter-Terrorism North West confirmed evidence showed the device was made at a house in Rutland Avenue, Near Sefton Park.

It's also been confirmed by Constable Russ Jackson that the taxi picked up Al-Swealmeen from Rutland Avenue before driving to the hospital.

Nonetheless, Mr Jackson reaffirmed that Rutland Avenue is still the "main focus" of the investigation.

Police also said yesterday that Al-Swealmeen had been planning the attack since at least April which was based on the purchase of different components believed to have been used in the bomb.

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