United Kingdom raises threat level to 'critical' following Manchester terror attack

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Photo emerges of Manchester Arena Libyan attacker Salman Abedi
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26 May, 2017

Police also said that they had searched an address in central Manchester as part of the investigation and had briefly closed a railway line in order to do so safely but that it had now been re-opened.

Greater Manchester Chief Constable Ian Hopkins confirmed the news as he gave an update on the investigation.

His 22 victims included an eight-year-old girl, several teenage girls, a 28-year-old man and a Polish couple who had come to collect their daughters.

Hett was a fan of the long-running British television series Coronation Street, set in Manchester, and had a tattoo of one of the characters on his leg. "In respect of the family's wishes I will make no further comment at this stage". Officials say 20 of them are being treated for critical injuries.

The Liverpool Echo reported that the chair of governors from the school attended a memorial service to the bombing victims at St Nicholas' Church in Halewood yesterday, where he said Megan's brother was also "seriously injured".

In apparent reference to the involvement of British troops in military action against it, IS said the attack had been aimed at "infidels... in response to their transgressions against the lands of the Muslims".

Police made three new arrests in South Manchester on Wednesday in connection with the concert bombing. Sixty-four people remain hospitalized, Rouse added.

Soldiers at a Ministry of Defence building.

Monday night's attack at a concert by United States pop star Ariana Grande left 22 people dead, including an eight-year-old girl, and dozens injured.

Britain raised its threat level from terrorism to "critical" after an emergency government meeting late Tuesday amid concerns that the 22-year-old Abedi may have accomplices who are planning another attack.

The more prominent security presence in London will include armed officers who are supporting what the police call Project Servator.

According to officials, this would free up police officers to carry out patrols and investigatory work amid fears of an imminent second attack.

"The intelligence services know a lot of people, and I'm sure we will find out more what level they knew about him in due course", she told the BBC.

British Prime Minister Theresa May and police said Abedi died in the attack on Manchester Arena - something that went unmentioned in the Daesh claim, which also had discrepancies with the events described by British officials. He was a British national of Libyan origin, he grew up in Great Britain.

He had become radicalised recently and had worshipped at a local mosque that has, in the past, been accused of fundraising for jihadists.

Asked if he believed Abedi had the support of a network, Collomb said: "That is not known yet, but perhaps".

"It was a devastating occasion, it was more sophisticated than some of the attacks we've seen before, and it seems likely - possible - that he wasn't doing this on his own".

Lina Ahmed, 21, said: "They are a Libyan family and they have been acting strangely".


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