Monday should have been a party day in Liverpool. The day after the draw granted by the Reds against Crystal Palace in Anfield (1-1), during the 38e And the last day of the Premier League, the players of Arne Slot marched on a bus to imperial to celebrate with their supporters on the 20the title of champion of England in the history of the club. The second in six years.
But at the end of the day, the festivities turned very badly. Around 7 p.m. French time, a car rushed on the crowd and hit several people. The scene, which was filmed and whose video quickly circulated on social networks, shows the motorist changing his trajectory to overthrow several pedestrians, before it is immobilized and arrested.
The driver stopped, Liverpool in shock
The first assessment, broadcast on Monday evening, was terrifying. The paramedics thus counted around fifty injured. Twenty-seven of them were hospitalized, two of which are in serious condition. Four children were also evacuated. Tuesday morning there was “Another very, very suffering in the hospital”dixit the mayor of Liverpool.
If the incident “Is not treated as an act of terrorism”, According to the police, he leaves the inhabitants of this city in the north of England in shock. The individual arrested is a “53 -year -old British white man in the Liverpool region”indicate the authorities who, at this stage of the investigation, think “That he is the driver of the vehicle”.
