Police get more time to question Liverpool parade suspect

Police person been fixed other clip to question a antheral arrested connected suspicion of attempted execution aft a car ploughed into shot fans during Liverpool's Premier League triumph parade.

Seven radical stay successful infirmary and 79 casualties person been identified aft the incidental involving a Ford Galaxy connected Water Street soon aft 18:00 BST connected Monday.

Merseyside Police said it had been fixed much clip to question a 53-year-old antheral from the West Derby area, who was besides detained connected suspicion of unsafe driving and driving portion unfit done drugs.

The unit said the conveyance had followed an ambulance, which had been responding to reports of idiosyncratic having a bosom attack, into the road.

Police said they had present spoken to 14 much radical who had been injured aft reporting 65 were wounded astatine a quality league connected Tuesday.

Officers confirmed they had been granted further clip to proceed questioning the fishy until Thursday.

Det Supt Rachel Wilson said: "I'm pleased to accidental the fig of radical successful infirmary is reducing arsenic they proceed to retrieve from the atrocious incident.

"We proceed to enactment those inactive receiving attraction and arsenic portion of our ongoing enquiries we are identifying much radical who were injured."

She said detectives were making "significant progress" successful establishing the afloat circumstances that led to what happened.

Extensive CCTV inquiries are being carried retired crossed the metropolis to found the movements of the Ford Galaxy earlier the incidental took place, she added.

Hundreds of thousands of jubilant Liverpool fans packed the metropolis centre connected Bank Holiday Monday and lined the 10-mile (16km) parade way arsenic the Reds celebrated winning their 2nd Premier League crown and 20th top-flight league title.