Trump condemns leaks after United Kingdom police stop sharing attack information

Manchester attack: UK accuses US officials of leaking details of investigation; Donald Trump orders probe
Theresa May to Confront Trump on Manchester Investigation Leaks
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28 May, 2017

Fourteen locations are still being searched.

He said Abedi, 22, was a normal teenager who liked hanging around with his friends.

Greater Manchester Police did not reveal where it was taken or at what stage of the evening.

The decision to stop sharing police information with USA agencies was an extraordinary step for Britain, which is usually at pains to emphasize its "special relationship" with the United States.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said earlier she would tell Trump that intelligence shared between their two countries had to remain secure, in a rare public show of dissatisfaction with Britain's closest security ally.

They say the leaks compromise their investigations by telling the people they're still hunting for what they know.

Prime Minister Theresa May made the announcement after leading a meeting of the government's emergency committee Cobra on Saturday morning.

Several high-profile sporting events are coming up in Britain, including the soccer FA Cup final at London's Wembley Stadium and the English rugby club competition final at Twickenham on Saturday and the UEFA Champions League final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on June 3.

Hundreds of police were on duty as 50,000 fans attended The Courteeners concert at Old Trafford cricket ground - the first major music event in the city since the bombing.

Before kickoff, Prince William laid a wreath in memory of the victims alongside Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.

Mrs May said significant activity by the police during the last 24 hours had led to the threat being reduced.

The massacre at the Manchester Arena carried out by Salman Abedi, in which 22 people were killed, was the worst terrorist atrocity to hit Britain since the July 7 attacks in London in 2005.

Multiple media outlets said Thursday, citing anonymous British intelligence sources, that the Greater Manchester Police would stop sharing information on their fast-developing investigation into the bombing with USA counterparts, but the United Kingdom government did not confirm that.

Geko said: "He was always smiling, never had anything bad to say, just chilling". "She always had big hugs for everyone and her life was blooming like the flowers she loved".

Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said Thursday that it was "absolutely understandable" that the leaks to USA media had caused the victims' families distress, but he would not comment on reports by British outlets suggesting intelligence sharing between the two allies would be reduced to some extent as a result.

GMP said officers made the latest arrests as they executed a warrant at an address in Cheetham Hill, north of the city centre.

Greater Manchester Chief Constable Ian Hopkins declined to comment on whether police had found the alleged maker of the explosive device, but the BBC reported that security services thought the bomb was too sophisticated for Abedi to have built by himself.

"We called in officers from around the national counter terrorism policing network and they quickly arrived from across the UK". "Our priorities are to understand the run-up to this awful event and to understand if more people were involved in planning this attack".


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