29 May, 2017
Police have said they have arrested a large part of the network behind the bombing, which killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert, and two more men were arrested on Saturday as police continued to close in on the group.
As runners pounded the streets of the northwestern English city, police arrested a 25-year-old man in the eastern Old Trafford area, bringing the number now detained on United Kingdom soil in connection with the attack to 12.
Further searches are likewise ongoing at properties at Whalley Range in Manchester and at a property in the city of Chester, some 45 miles further west. This is a handout photo taken from CCTV and issued on Saturday, May 27, 2017 by Greater Manchester Police who have altered the surrounding area of Salman Abedi, in an unknown location on the night of the attack on Ma.
Residents described their houses shaking and hearing a loud blast as officers forced their way into the semi-detached property in Searby Road in the Gorton area of Manchester, Guardian reported.
British officials have confirmed Abedi had recently returned from Libya and the officers said police needed information about his movements from May 18th when he returned to Britain.
British police earlier released a photograph of Abedi on the night of the attack in Manchester and say they believe an apartment in the city centre was where he put together his device. The explosion killed 22 people - including seven children under 18 - and injured more than 100.
Along with the 11 suspects in United Kingdom custody, police in Libya have detained Abedi's father and brother. The straps of a knapsack are visible on his shoulders.
Rudd's statement comes the day after Britain reduced its terror threat to "severe" from "critical" following a meeting between British Prime Minister Theresa May and security chiefs. Another brother and Abedi's father are being held in Libya.
She's safe and sound at home in Florida right now, but Ariana Grande may be returning to Manchester sooner rather than later.
"I believe we can get them to be more successful in working with us to find a way of getting some of that information", she said.
Authorities are appealing for more information about his final days.
There were prayers for the victims at church services across Manchester on Sunday.
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was at prior to the attack in Manchester, northwest England, and means soldiers who have been assisting police would be withdrawn from Britain's streets from midnight on Monday.
Abdedi was known to British security services before the bombing, the government said, but Ms Rudd declined to comment on exactly what had been known about him.
About 3,000 people from the total group are judged to pose a threat and are under investigation or active monitoring in 500 operations being run by police and intelligence services.
Prime Minister Theresa May said earlier that developments in the investigation meant that intelligence experts had chose to lower the threat level from its highest rating "critical", meaning an attack could be imminent, to "severe".
"But I would not rush to conclusions. that they have somehow missed something". Police have previously said they fear Abedi may have passed on a second explosive divice.
"I wish I could say that Georgina is one of the last to die in this way but unless our government opens its eyes we know we are only another in a long line of parents on a list that continues to grow", the family said in a statement released through Greater Manchester Police.
