**Authorities have urged people not to speculate online after [a car drove into a crowd](https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/c3wd983gz4xo) that had gathered to watch Liverpool FC’s Premier League victory parade.**
Merseyside Police have arrested a 53-year-old male suspect on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving offences, and driving while unfit through drugs. The incident is not being treated as an act of terrorism.
In the immediate aftermath of the incident, lots of people took to social media to speculate about why the car was driven into the crowd. People also discussed the identity of the car’s driver, with some sharing zoomed in footage of the incident in a bid to have a closer look.
Liverpool City Council leader, Councillor Liam Robinson, said: "I would urge people not to speculate as to the motives behind this appalling incident and to allow Merseyside Police to conduct their investigation.”
Dal Babu, former chief superintendent at the Metropolitan Police, told BBC 5 Live it’s likely the police released the ethnicity and race of the suspect “to dampen down some of the speculation from the far right, that continues on X even as we speak, that this was a Muslim extremist."