A British taxi driver thwarted a terrorist plot to bomb a Liverpool women’s hospital in the United Kingdom on Sunday, according to authorities.

A suspect armed with a bomb took a taxi to the Liverpool hospital, said Russ Jackson, head of Counter Terrorism Policing in the North West of the U.K., in a press conference on Monday. The suspect remained inside the taxicab during the explosion, Jackson added.

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