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Police and forensic technicians at the scene in Liverpool
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Four men arrested in connection with a fatal taxi explosion in Liverpool have been released.
This was announced by the anti-terrorist unit of the British police.
Meanwhile, more details became known about the taxi passenger who was killed in the incident on Sunday morning.
The police said it was a 32-year-old man named Emad Al S.
According to the BBC, the man was a Middle Eastern asylum seeker who converted to Christianity in 2017.
The police assume that the man carried the explosive device himself.
Initially, nothing was known about the motive and the actual aim of the allegedly unsuccessful attack.
According to the investigators, Al S. had himself taken in the taxi to a women's clinic, where the self-made explosive device detonated.
The taxi driver was able to save himself.
He was initially treated with injuries in the hospital, but was later released.
The vehicle burned out completely.
Terror warning increased to the second highest level
In connection with the incident, several apartments had been searched in the past few days.
The suspects were men between the ages of 20 and 29.
Roads at the crime scene were still partially blocked on Monday, as reported by the British media.
In the UK, the terror warning has meanwhile been raised to the second highest level.
The British Home Secretary Priti Patel announced this on Monday.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson convened the Cobra National Security Cabinet after the terrorist background was announced.
According to the new assessment, attacks in Great Britain are now "very likely".
The media identified an event to commemorate those who fell on Remembrance Sunday as a possible target of a foiled attack.
Thousands of people were gathered in the nearby cathedral at the time of the explosion, reports said.
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