Car hit by explosion outside school

An explosive device has detonated underneath a car parked outside a school.

Merseyside Police said the device went off outside St Edward's College, in Sandfield Park, West Derby, Liverpool, at around 2.50pm.

No-one was hurt in the explosion, a spokesman for the force said.

Inspector Michael O'Callaghan said: "There was an explosion under a car at the school (on Friday) afternoon. What caused the explosion and the reasons behind it we are investigating.

"Nobody has been injured and there has been no collateral damage."

Damon Younis, 38, who lives next to the school, said: "There was a bomb, it was a nail bomb. I don't think anyone was injured. The care was at the entrance to the school and one police car has arrived.

Police described the device as a "nail bomb". The school was evacuated immediately after the bomb went off, the spokesman said.