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https://7news.com.au/news/world/uk-...ho-made-explosive-at-liverpool-home-c-4576665
The man behind a terror bombing outside a UK hospital has been identified as an asylum seeker who converted from Islam to Christianity.
Emad Jamil Al Swealmeen was the only person to die in the explosion on Sunday outside the Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
The 32-year-old arrived at the hospital in a taxi from his home just before 11am.
Moments before the explosion, taxi driver Dave Perry noticed Al Swealmeen was holding a homemade bomb.
A quick-thinking Perry then leapt from the cab, locking his passenger inside, as the blast ripped through the vehicle, as seen in the video above.
Al Swealmeen died in the explosion and Perry was injured.
The 32-year-old had not been on the radar of security services and the motive behind the attack is unclear….
Al Swealmeen, who also reportedly went by the name of Enzo Almeni, had lived much of his life in Iraq, according to his friends.
In 2017, he converted from Islam to Christianity at an Anglican Cathedral.
For eight months, he lived with Malcolm and Elizabeth Hitchott – a devout Christian couple – at their home in Liverpool.
“He first came to the cathedral in August 2015 and wanted to convert to Christianity,” Malcolm said.
“He took an Alpha Course, which explains the Christian faith, and completed it in November of that year.
“That enabled him to come to an informed decision and he changed from Islam to Christianity and was confirmed as a Christian just before he came to live with us….
“We just loved him, he was a lovely guy,” she told the BBC.