Three More Arrests Linked Manchester Bomb Attack
Three More Arrests Linked Manchester Bomb Attack
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MANCHESTER - Three more men have been arrested as police continue to investigate whether Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi no acted alone.
Police arrested the three in the city on Wednesday. Abedi's 23-year-old brother was arrested on Tuesday. Abedi killed 22 and injured 64 when he blew himself up outside an Ariana Grande concert on Monday night.
The UK terror threat level is now up to its highest level of "critical", meaning more attacks may be imminent. It means military personnel are being deployed to protect key sites.
The Palace of Westminster has been closed to the public following police advice, and will not re-open until further notice, a statement on its website said.
And the Changing the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace has been cancelled on Wednesday to allow for the redeployment of police officers, the Ministry of Defence said.
"(Monday's attack) 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," Home Secretary, Amber Rudd said.
Meanwhile, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said British investigators had told French authorities Abedi had probably traveled to Syria as well.
"Today we only know what British investigators have told us -- someone of British nationality, of Libyan origin, who suddenly after a trip to Libya, then probably to Syria, becomes radicalized and decides to carry out this attack," Collomb told to BFMTV.
Asked if he believed Abedi had the support of a network, Collomb said: "That is not known yet, but perhaps. In any case, (he had) links with Daesh (Islamic State) that are proven."
Islamic State (ISIS), now being driven from territories in Syria and Iraq by Western-backed armed forces, claimed responsibility for the Manchester attack, but there were contradictions in its accounts of the action and a telling lack of detail.
Police arrested the three in the city on Wednesday. Abedi's 23-year-old brother was arrested on Tuesday. Abedi killed 22 and injured 64 when he blew himself up outside an Ariana Grande concert on Monday night.
The UK terror threat level is now up to its highest level of "critical", meaning more attacks may be imminent. It means military personnel are being deployed to protect key sites.
The Palace of Westminster has been closed to the public following police advice, and will not re-open until further notice, a statement on its website said.
And the Changing the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace has been cancelled on Wednesday to allow for the redeployment of police officers, the Ministry of Defence said.
"(Monday's attack) 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," Home Secretary, Amber Rudd said.
Meanwhile, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said British investigators had told French authorities Abedi had probably traveled to Syria as well.
"Today we only know what British investigators have told us -- someone of British nationality, of Libyan origin, who suddenly after a trip to Libya, then probably to Syria, becomes radicalized and decides to carry out this attack," Collomb told to BFMTV.
Asked if he believed Abedi had the support of a network, Collomb said: "That is not known yet, but perhaps. In any case, (he had) links with Daesh (Islamic State) that are proven."
Islamic State (ISIS), now being driven from territories in Syria and Iraq by Western-backed armed forces, claimed responsibility for the Manchester attack, but there were contradictions in its accounts of the action and a telling lack of detail.
(rnz)
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