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Emad Al Swealmeen should not have been in Britain

20 November 2021

9:00 AM

20 November 2021

9:00 AM

Emad Al Swealmeen, who blew himself up in a taxi outside the Liverpool Women’s Hospital, is not believed to have been identified by security services as a terror suspect. Nevertheless, he should not have been in Britain. He lied about where he had come from, which ought to have been a red flag, enough in and of itself to warrant his return to his home country.

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