Four people were “very, very sick” and in the hospital on Tuesday, the mayor of Liverpool said one day after a car Driven in a huge crowd of delighted football fans In the city in the northwest of England.
Nearly 50 people were injured in the incident on Monday evening, which British police do not treat terrorism. The police moved quickly to announce That they had arrested the driver of the car, a white man 53 years old in Britain, in an apparent decision to stop the spread of disinformation.
THE torn collision What should have been a jubilant day for the city. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on Monday, a public holiday, to celebrate the victory of the Liverpool FC in the Premier League, which is the first level of British football.
“Scenes of joy have transformed for a total horror and devastation,” said Prime Minister Keir Starmer tell the broadcast Journalists on Tuesday, adding: “The whole country stands with Liverpool”.
Here’s what we know.
What happened?
THE Merseyide police said They were contacted around 6 p.m. Monday, local time after reporting that a car had hit the crowd.
The video shared on social networks shows a dark color vehicle with a broken back window making a tour in the crowd and hitting the fashion enthusiasts, leaving the bodies to the ground. The video shows that people rushed to help the victims, including some who were trapped under the vehicle, and surrounding the vehicle once it stopped.
