Liverpool bomber had asylum claim rejected six years before the attack
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe Liverpool bomber's asylum claim was dismissed six years before he tried to carry out the attack, court documents show. Emad Al Swealmeen died after his homemade bomb denotated in a taxi outside Liverpool Women's Hospital on Remembrance Sunday last year.
The 32-year-old manufactured the device with 'murderous intent', an inquest heard, and the incident was declared a terrorist attack.
Al Swealmeen came to the UK in May 2014 legally with a Jordanian passport and UK visa. READ MORE: Liverpool hospital bomber died from device he built with 'murderous intent' But a coroner's court was told last month how he falsely claimed to be of Syrian heritage - despite coming from Iraq - and had his asylum claim rejected.
He had challenged the Home Office decision by lodging an appeal but it was dismissed in 2015, a copy of the court ruling obtained following requests by the Press Association, the BBC, and The Times show.
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