UK Police Declare Liverpool Hospital Blast ‘Terrorist Attack’

A police officer works inside a cordoned-off area on Rutland Avenue, the place where police have confirmed the passenger of the taxi that later exploded outside the Women's Hospital in Liverpool was picked up, on Nov. 15, 2021. Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images

British police have said the car explosion in Liverpool on Remembrance Sunday was a terrorist attack, but the motive remains unclear.

A taxi exploded outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital at 10:59 a.m. on Sunday, around a mile away from the city’s cathedral where a large Remembrance service was taking place. The male passenger of the car was declared dead at the scene, and the taxi driver was injured and taken to hospital for treatment.