United Kingdom police stop sharing information on Manchester attack with USA after leaks

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26 May, 2017

Flowers and messages of condolence are left for the victims of the Manchester Arena attack.

In addition to those killed, 116 people received medical treatment at Manchester hospitals for wounds from the blast.

In a statement issued through Greater Manchester Police, he said his wife Pauline remains in intensive care and Sorrell's mother Samantha is recovering from surgery "as she tries to make sense of the devastating loss of her daughter".

The latest was a man in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, following police searches. The arrest of the woman followed an armed raid on a block of flats in the north of the city, the BBC reported.

British police and security services were also upset that Abedi's name was apparently leaked by USA officials and published while police in Britain were withholding his name - and while raids were underway in Manchester and in Libya, where the bomber's father lives.

President Trump on Thursday called for a federal investigation into "deeply troubling" leaks of sensitive intelligence, including information related to this week's suicide bombing in Manchester, England. "And as I've said, it continues at a pace".

Andy Burnham, who is mayor of Manchester, was so upset he spoke to the US Ambassador to the UK.

She also complained about US officials leaking sensitive information about Abedi to the press.

Azhar Mahmoud, who prays at the mosque in southern Manchester, said it was "horrible" that Abedi was associated with it.

"And it seems likely - possible - that he wasn't doing this on his own".

He described it as "a classic explosive device used by terrorists", using the same substance as the one used in the deadly November 2015 attacks in Paris and the March 2016 attack in Brussels.

Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi had links to an Islamic State cell which operated in the city, and knew one of the terror group's most prolific recruiters, Sky News claimed today.

Buckingham Palace will hold a minute's silence on Thursday to honour the victims, with 14 of them having been named.

Chelsea soccer club said it had cancelled a victory parade that had been scheduled to take place on Sunday to celebrate its Premier League title.

Elsewhere, extra police officers have been deployed at key sites and on transport networks in Northern Ireland and Police Scotland are reviewing security at major events, including the Scottish Cup Final.

The pop star's shows on her Dangerous Woman tour were canceled through June 5 in London, Antwerp, Belgium, Lodz, Poland, Frankfurt, Germany, and Zurich.

Authorities are investigating whether Abedi could have been stopped, after Libyan community members in Manchester reported concerns about his views.

He attended Burnage Academy for Boys in Manchester between 2009-11.

Omar Alfa Khuri, who lives across the street, said he was awakened at 2:30 a.m.by a loud noise and saw police take away the father of the family that lives there in handcuffs.

Earlier, four senior European diplomats told Reuters that France and Germany would agree to a USA plan for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to play a bigger role in the fight against Islamic militants at a meeting with President Donald Trump, but that the move was symbolic.


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