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L'attentat du Liverpool Women's Hospital est un attentat survenu le 14 novembre 2021 lorsqu'une explosion s'est produite dans un taxi, sur le parking devant l'entrée principale du Liverpool Women's Hospital (en) de Liverpool, en Angleterre. Le passager a été tué et le chauffeur du taxi a été blessé. L'explosion a ensuite été déclarée comme un incident terroriste; l'auteur avait été débouté du droit d'asile en 2014, avait perdu son appel en 2015 et avait vécu en Angleterre jusqu'à son agression.
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Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing
On 14 November 2021, a taxi carrying a passenger arrived at the main entrance of Liverpool Women's Hospital in Liverpool, England. An improvised explosive device (IED) carried by the passenger ignited, killing him and injuring the driver. The police later declared it to be a terrorist incident; the perpetrator had been refused asylum in 2014, lost appeals in 2015, and lived in England until his attack.
At the official inquest, on 30 December 2021, it was found that the device, manufactured and carried by the passenger, had been "designed to project shrapnel, with murderous intent".
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Liverpool Women's Hospital
Liverpool Women's Hospital is a major obstetrics, gynaecology and neonatology research hospital in Liverpool, England.
It is one of several specialist hospitals located within the Liverpool City Region, alongside Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, the Walton Centre, Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
It became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group on 1 November 2024.
The hospital receives approximately 50,000 patients annually and is the largest hospital for its specialism in Europe.
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Crown Street railway station
Crown Street railway station was the Liverpool terminus railway station of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in Liverpool, England, it opened on 15 September 1830. The station was one of the world's first on an inter-city passenger railway in which all services were operated by mechanical traction.
The station was only used for passengers for six years before being replaced by Lime Street which was closer to Liverpool City centre.
The station was demolished as the site was converted into a coal and goods yard which remained in use until 1972. The location of the station is now a park with little trace of any railway facilities.
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Falkner Street
Falkner Street is a street mostly in Canning, with a short section in Edge Hill, Liverpool, England. The street, built during the early-mid 19th century, is named after Edward Falkner, who had previously commissioned the construction Falkner Square. Constructed at a time when Liverpool had less than 100,000 houses, the Falkner Street houses sold for around £1,000 (equivalent to £123146 in 2023) and were affordable to only the wealthiest 1% of the population.
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Black Merchant Seamen War Memorial
The Black Merchant Seamen War Memorial is a sandstone stone memorial, It is situated in Falkner Square, Liverpool. The stone is from the Liverpool Seamen's Hostel with a bronze plaque dedicated to all the Black Seamen who served during World War II. It was unveiled in 1993 on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic.