A British man has been arrested after he drove his car into a crowd of Liverpool FC football fans celebrating their team’s Premier League victory, hospitalising some 27 people, including four children.
Police said they believe the “53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area” acted alone in the car ramming in the city in northwest England on Monday.
They said the incident was not being investigated as an act of “terrorism”.
Some 20 people were treated at the scene for minor injuries, while ambulance officials said 27 people were taken to the hospital.
Four people are in serious condition and still “very, very ill in hospital”, the city’s metro mayor Steve Rotheram said.
Four of the victims, including a child, were trapped under the van, and firefighters had to lift the vehicle to free them.
“We believe this to be an isolated incident, and we are not currently looking for anyone else about it. The incident is not being treated as terrorism,” temporary Deputy Chief Constable Jenny Sims told reporters.
Videos of the incident posted on social media showed a dark-coloured car swerving into the crowds in Liverpool at the end of the celebrations as players showed off the trophy on an open-topped bus through the city.
