Police investigating a terror incident in Liverpool have carried out a controlled explosion as a precaution.

One person died and another was injured in a car explosion outside Liverpool’s Women’s Hospital on Sunday.

Greater Manchester Police announced that investigators carried out a controlled explosion at Sefton Park in the city on Monday as part of the ongoing-investigation.

In a statement, the force said: “Officers investigating the explosion at Liverpool Women’s Hospital yesterday (14 November 2021) have carried out a controlled explosion as a precaution at Sefton Park in Liverpool as part of the on-going investigation.

“There is believed to be no wider risk to the public and the investigation continues.”

It comes after police declared the explosion a terror incident.

Detectives have also arrested four men over the blast, which killed a passenger inside a taxi.

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