UK raises terror threat level to ‘severe’ following taxi explosion
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British authorities raised the country's threat level to its second-highest rung on Monday, after police said a blast in a taxi outside a Liverpool hospital that killed one man and injured another was caused by a homemade bomb.
Britain has raised its terror threat level to "severe," meaning an attack is considered highly likely. That's after a bomb blast in Liverpool was declared a terrorist incident. A taxi exploded outside a hospital, killing the passenger and wounding the driver.
British authorities raised the country's threat level to its second-highest rung on Monday, after police said a blast in a taxi outside a Liverpool hospital was caused by a homemade bomb.
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LONDON — British authorities raised the country’s threat level to its second-highest rung on Monday, after police said a blast in a taxi outside a Liverpool hospital that killed one man and injured another was caused by a homemade bomb.
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