29 May, 2017
With reports coming in that Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi, who is originally from Libya, was known to intelligence agencies in United Kingdom, it has put a question mark on all the things that MI5 knew about the suicide bomber and how they tackled the matter.
Though her Dangerous Woman Tour has been suspended in the aftermath of the terror attack, which took the lives of 22 people and injured countless others, the pop star acknowledged her plans to stay present for her fans and those affected by the tragedy in the statement she issued on Friday. More than 20 people were killed in an explosion following a Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena late Monday evening.
At least 22 people, including children, were killed and 59 others were wounded Monday in a suicide attack that targeted concertgoers following a performance by US singer Ariana Grande in the United Kingdom city of Manchester.
On Sunday, police arrested a 19-year-old man in Gorton and a 25-year-old man in the Old Trafford area of Manchester on suspicion of terror offenses. Eleven other men, aged between 18 and 44, are in custody.
Abedi, a 22-year-old Briton of Libyan descent, killed 22 people on May 22 at an Ariana Grande concert.
Seven children were among the dead in what was the most costly terror attack to hit Britain since the July 7 bombings in 2005.
Abedi died in the blast.
"Until the operation is complete we can't be entirely sure that it is closed", Rudd said.
The huge police response that followed saw raids in several cities as counter-terror efforts were focused on cornering his suspected criminal ring. The straps of a backpack are visible on his shoulders.
"In the past five days we have gathered significant information about Abedi, his associates, his finances, the places he had been, how the device was built and the wider conspiracy", the police statement said.
The British Red Cross announced the amount raised in a fundraising drive for the Manchester victims and survivors has reached £5.65 million, having been supported by celebrities including Justin Timberlake and Martin Freeman.
Pope Francis recites the Regina Coeli prayer from his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 28, 2017.
On Saturday, Britain lowered its official terrorism threat level from "critical" to "severe" after police said they had dismantled a large part of Abedi's network.
Peter Hook, a member of seminal Manchester band New Order, was among the runners and said the tragedy had brought people together.
At a press conference at the G7 summit in Sicily on Friday, Mrs May said: "Yes, I did raise the issue of leaks of information that have been shared by the police with the Federal Bureau of Investigation with President Trump".
"The intelligence services are still collecting information about (Abedi) and about the people around him", Rudd said.
"I would not rush to conclusions. that they have somehow missed something", Rudd said.
