AThe Liverpool hospital bomber died from the explosion and fire caused by an improvised device he had made with “murderous intent”, an inquest has ruled.

       It was unclear whether Emad Al Swealmeen intended for the bomb - which exploded while he was in a taxi outside the hospital - to detonate when it did, a coroner said.

       The blast took place on Remembrance Sunday, killing the 32-year-old and injuring taxi driver David Perry.

       An inquest concluded Swealmeen died in the vehicle outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital on 14 November.

       Recording a narrative conclusion at Liverpool and Wirral Coroner’s Court, senior coroner Andre Rebello: “He died from an explosion and subsequent fire caused by an improvised explosive device which he had carried into the taxi.

       “It is found he manufactured the improvised explosive device, designed to project shrapnel, with murderous intent.”

       He said the device was made at a flat rented by Swealmeen, who was born in Iraq, in Rutland Avenue in Liverpool.

       The inquest also heard the 32-year-old phoned his brother two days before the explosion and asked what he would think if he did “something bad”.

       Additional reporting by Press Association