26 May, 2017
A second bomb could still be out there, British reports said on Friday (May 26) as police investigate whether the Manchester bomber carried out his attack alone.
Hours before the photos of the bomb fragments appeared in the United States media, Ms Rudd had scolded the U.S. security services saying that she was "irritated" by the releasing of the name of the bomber before it was made public in the UK.
President Donald Trump issued a statement Thursday, condemning "leaks of sensitive information" pertaining to the investigation of the terrorist bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester this week. While Home Secretary Amber Rudd said he was on the radar of the intelligence service "up to a point", it was not clear how much attention officials had paid to his activities and whether authorities could have stopped him. Five others have been arrested in connection with the attack.
Rudd confirmed in an interview with the BBC that Abedi was on the radar of intelligence services and that he had recently returned to the United Kingdom from Libya.
"It's terrible. Very wicked to target that sort of thing", she told Evie Mills, 14, and her parents. He added: "I want to reassure people that the arrests that we have made are significant and initial searches of premises have revealed items that we believe are very important to the investigation".
Commander Jane Connors, leading the London policing operation, said: "We will do all we can to protect the capital that we serve at this unsettling time".
Two Labour lawmakers tweeted their concern Wednesday.
Contacted by AFP, Greater Manchester Police declined to comment on the BBC report. The paper, without specifying the source, said British authorities provided access to photos of materials found at the scene. That's the same area of the city where suspected suicide bomber Salman Abedi, 22, is believed to have lived. An initial deployment of 984 had been ordered, initially in London, then elsewhere. May said eight suspects are in custody and "progress is being made".
The younger brother of the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a concert venue in Manchester has been arrested in Tripoli on suspicion of links with Islamic State, a spokesman for a local counter-terrorism force says. Police say they think they are searching for a 'network'. Dozens were also wounded in the incident.
People lifted their hands in the air during a moment of silence.
The family of 14-year-old Eilidh MacLeod released a statement through the police that spoke of their "devastation". "She loved all music whether it was listening to Ariana or playing the bagpipes with her pipe band", it said.
The grandfather of another teenage victim Sorrell Leczkowski, said he was "absolutely heartbroken" to confirm that she had died.
Sorrell Leczkowski, 14, wanted to be an architect and go to Columbia University in NY when she grew up.
Chris Upton, the head teacher at the Tarleton Community Primary School, described her as "simply a attractive little girl" who was "quiet and unassuming with a creative flair".
The family said Sorrell wanted to study architecture to build hotels "with slides coming out of the rooms", and so she could "build her mum a house".
As the nation mourned, Queen Elizabeth II visited children injured in the attack at a hospital in the northwestern English city.
Sixty-four people are still hospitalized, Jon Rouse of the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership said Wednesday.
The Daily Mirror newspaper reported that Kiss attended Monday's concert with her daughter, who was reported to be safe and was photographed being hugged by a police officer.
