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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Paul Byrne & Hollie Bone

Liverpool hospital bomber tried to claim asylum in UK twice before carrying out attack

Fresh details have emerged about the failed attempts by the Liverpool hospital bomber to claim asylum in the UK.

Emad Al Swealmeen, 32, died when his home made device, packed with ball bearings, exploded in a taxi outside the city’s Women’s Hospital last November.

The Iraqi born terrorist arrived in the UK on a Jordanian passport in April 2014 and claimed asylum six days later, insisting he was a Syrian refugee.

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