30 May, 2017
Greater Manchester Police have provided the first full breakdown of the arrests made in the huge investigation to establish whether there was a "network" behind Salman Abedi's suicide attack at Manchester Arena on Monday night.
Police have made ten arrests in relation to the attack but a man and a woman have since been released without charge.
The suicide bomber killed at least 22 people when he detonated his explosives outside Manchester Arena, where pop singer Ariana Grande was performing. Omar Alfaqhuri, a neighbour who lives just in front of a house that was raided, said he saw "a massive deployment of police forces" during the arrest in the night and a man he named as "Adel" taken away. British Prime Minister Theresa May in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, said the relationship between the two nations is "built on trust, and part of that trust is knowing that intelligence can be shared confidentially".
Defending its decision to publish the pictures, the New York Times said: "The images and information presented were neither graphic nor disrespectful of victims, and consistent with the common line of reporting on weapons used in horrific crimes".
As hundreds of British soldiers rush to protect some of the world's most visited tourist sites in London and elsewhere, police are pressing to uncover the network that is thought to have helped Abedi in the deadly attack.
US and British intelligence officials have said that the explosive had a level of sophistication that suggested a larger network. The complexity led officials to believe there was a second bomb-maker.
GMP said it was carrying out a raid at an address in the Moss Side neighborhood related to the bombing. Those include Abedi's brother Ismail, his father Ramadan Abedi told The Associated Press.
Abedi, a college dropout who grew up in the Manchester area, was known to security services because of his radical views. A spokesman for the Libyan anti-terrorism force said the brother, Hashim Abedi, had recently been in contact with Salman Abedi and knew of his plans for the attack.
Tillerson's remarks came during a trip to Britain to offer condolences after Monday's suicide blast that killed 22 people - even as British leaders expressed displeasure at leaks related to the bombing investigation that they blamed on US authorities.
He risks being accused of trying to capitalize on the Manchester bombing.
Trump on Thursday pledged to "get to the bottom" of the leaks, calling them "deeply troubling" and asking the Justice Department and other agencies to "launch a complete review of this matter".
