United Kingdom police say "large part of network" behind Manchester attack arrested

Flowers and notes to the victims have piled up in Manchester's St. Ann's Square. British authorities have arrested several people in connection to this week's terror bombing at the Manchester Arena. The attacker has been identified as Salman Abedi a Brit
Police make more arrests in Manchester bomb but leaks feared
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28 May, 2017

On Monday, a suicide bomber killed at least 22 people at a packed concert hall in Manchester, in what British Prime Minister Theresa May called a sickening act targeting children and young people.

United Kingdom police have arrested seven people in the aftermath of the bombing, with Home Secretary Amber Rudd saying Abedi "likely" did not act alone.

Ramadan Abedi, was arrested by masked gunmen in Tripoli while recording TV interviews in the country. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.

The official Twitter account of the Manchester Evening News tweeted to say that online fashion retailer Boohoo.com - which has its head office close to the site of the attack - has donated £100,000 to the campaign.

He said: "We don't believe in killing innocents". He said that he provided some assistance to his brother, but added no specific details as to what that was.

Salman Abedi, right, the Manchester bomber, is pictured on the beach as a teen in Libya. It's not clear at this time if Salman went to Syria, Dagdoug said.

A British official told Fox News that May plans to raise the issue to Trump during their meeting at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit.

Dagdoug said that the two brothers do consider themselves to be members of ISIS and said that they had been studying ISIS videos online, including instructional videos that teach the viewer how to make a bomb.

The Arndale Centre is a short walk from the Manchester Arena, the scene of the attack which killed 22 people on Monday night (local time).

Abedi's older brother Ismail, 23, was arrested on Tuesday in Chorlton, south Manchester.

A third suspect, a local woman, was also arrested Wednesday overnight during an armed raid but was later released without charges. Under British law, a person can be taken into custody in a terrorism investigation and held up to 14 days without being charged.

"We are very happy we've got our hands around some of the key players that we are concerned about but there's still a little bit more to do".


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