Published On 26 May 202526 May 2025
A man has been arrested after driving a car into a crowd in Liverpool during a parade to celebrate Liverpool FC’s Premier League football title, emergency services have said.
Merseyside Police in northwest England said they were contacted just after 6pm (17:00 GMT) on Monday “following reports a car been in collision with a number of pedestrians”.
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“The car stopped at the scene and a male has been detained,” the force said in a statement.
PA media, citing police, said that arrested man is a “53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area”.
Social media footage appeared to show a dark-coloured car swerving into the dense crowd, at the end of jubilant celebrations as players showed off the trophy on an open-topped bus through the city.
Harry Rashid, who was at the parade with his wife and two young daughters, told The Associated Press the car began ramming people about 3 metres (10 feet) away from him.
“It was extremely fast,” Rashid said. “Initially, we just heard the pop, pop, pop of people just being knocked off the bonnet of a car.”
Cordons were then put in place and a fire engine was also at the scene \[Phil Noble/Reuters\]
Crowds and uniformed police officers quickly surrounded the vehicle, and several people who lay on the ground.
Cordons were then put in place and a fire engine was also at the scene.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was being kept updated about the incident.
“The scenes in Liverpool are appalling — my thoughts are with all those injured or affected. I want to thank the police and emergency services for their swift and ongoing response to this shocking incident,” Starmer said on social media.
The incident followed a large celebration in the city centre, where tens of thousands of dancing, scarf-and-flag-waving fans braved wet weather to line the streets and watch Liverpool’s players display the Premier League trophy atop two buses bearing the words “Ours Again.”
Rashid said after the car struck its initial victims, it came to a halt and the crowd charged the vehicle and began smashing windows.
“But then he put his foot down again and just plowed through the rest of them, he just kept going,” Rashid said. “It was horrible. And you could hear the bumps as he was going over the people.”
Rashid said it looked deliberate and he was in shock and disbelief.
“My daughter started screaming and there were people on the ground,” he said. “They were just innocent people, just fans going to enjoy the parade.”
Source: News Agencies