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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Ellen Kirwin

HISTORICAL FACTS: Liverpool bomber asylum claim rejection papers raise fresh questions for home office - The Untold Story

The bomber who blew up a taxi outside Liverpool Women's Hospital had his asylum claim dismissed years before the attack, newly obtained court documents confirm.

Emad Al Swealmeen died after his homemade bomb detonated in a taxi outside the hospital, shortly before 11am on November 14.

He had bought 2,000 ball bearings and rented a 'bomb-making factory' in Rutland Avenue, near Sefton Park in Liverpool.

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