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 say.
Merseyside Police in northwest England said they were contacted just after 6pm (17:00 GMT) on Monday “following reports a car had been in collision with a number of pedestrians”.
The PA Media news agency, quoting police, reported the arrested man is a “53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area”.
There was no immediate word from authorities about how many people were injured.
Social media footage appeared to show a dark-coloured car swerving into the dense crowd at the end of the 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 news agency the car began ramming people about 3 metres (10ft) 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.”
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The area in Liverpool is cordoned off [Phil Noble/Reuters]
Crowds and uniformed police officers quickly surrounded the vehicle and several people lying on the ground.
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Cordons were 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.
