UK takes terror threat level to ‘severe’

Forensics officers outside the hospital in Liverpool. Pic/AFP

The UK's terror threat level has been upgraded from "substantial" to "severe" following an explosion outside a Liverpool hospital that had been declared a terrorist incident.

Monday's upgrade, confirmed by Home Secretary Priti Patel, means further attacks are judged to be "highly likely", reports Xinhua news agency.

"The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre are now increasing the UK's threat level from substantial to severe," Patel told local media.

"And there's a reason for that, and that reason is because what we saw yesterday is the second incident in a month."

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