United Kingdom reduces terror threat level to 'severe'

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Manchester attack a tough test for UK leader Theresa May
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28 May, 2017

Britain remains on its highest threat level of critical, meaning an attack is expected imminently, with the army backing up police and hospitals across the country have told staff to be ready for another incident.

"The public should be clear about what this means. In light of these developments, JTAC - the joint terrorism analysis centre - has taken the decision to reduce the level from critical to severe".

The threat assessment has now been returned to the level it was at prior to the attack in Manchester, northwest England, and means soldiers who have been assisting police, would be withdrawn from Britain's streets from midnight on Monday. The latest arrest took place in the Rusholme ward of Manchester on Friday and followed by a few hours the detention of another suspect in the inner-city Moss Side neighbourhood, Efe news reported. An address in the area was being searched as detectives sought members of a suspected terror cell behind named suicide bomber Salman Abedi.

Abedi was a British national of Libyan descent. The country is taking the unusual step of arming police for patrols in Manchester, London and other locations this weekend during spring bank holiday, the country's first holiday since the bombing.

Greater Manchester Police now believe Abedi's apartment in central Manchester is a "highly relevant" location in the investigation, and that the bomb may have been assembled there, the statement said.

The number of people in custody in connection with this week's deadly suicide attack in Manchester increased to nine with the arrest of a 44-year-old man, police said.

However, Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, the United Kingdom police chief for counter-terrorism, advised people to be vigilant but to "go out as you planned and enjoy yourselves". "We still have more to do". "We've got our hands around some of the key players".


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