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| Manchester attack: police raids continue in hunt for terror network – live updates | Manchester attack: police raids continue in hunt for terror network – live updates |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 7.49am BST | |
| 07:49 | |
| Jamie Grierson | |
| Police officers used a controlled explosion to access a house in Moss Side overnight in connection to the investigation into the Manchester Arena bombing. No arrests were made. | |
| The red-brick terraced house is currently guarded by two police officers and a police van, although it’s understood there are no longer any officers inside. | |
| The front door to the property is cracked and shattered where the police detonated the explosive. | |
| Amina Abdalla, a neighbour, said she heard a “loud noise” at around 2am that woke her. | |
| “I looked outside and I saw the police van and men like military with guns, big guns, I went to the window and they told me to go back in,” she said. | |
| She said no one knew the occupants in the house and she rarely saw anyone come or go. | |
| “I never see them. I know this whole street, everyone knows each other, all the neighbours, but no one really knows them,” she said. | |
| Another neighbour, who asked not to be named, said she was woken by the bang. She said: “I don’t know them. Different people come and go. I believe it’s a private landlord.” | |
| She added that the occupants were “middle eastern or North African”. | |
| Terraced house in Moss Side where police officers investigating arena bombing used controlled explosion to access and search property. pic.twitter.com/Q0Z8ThN51x | |
| 7.36am BST | |
| 07:36 | |
| Manchester explosives used in Paris and Brussels | |
| Matthew Weaver | |
| A senior US congressman says the explosives used in the Manchester Arena were the same as those used in the Islamic State extremists attacks on Paris in November 2015 and Brussels in March 2016. | |
| Texas Republican Mike McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told AP that all three attacks used the explosive TATP. | |
| The Manchester bomb was “a classic explosive device used by terrorists,” he adding that it suggested a “level of sophistication” that might indicate its maker had foreign training. | |
| McCaul was speaking before he was due to get an intelligence briefing on the Manchester attack. | |
| He said the evidence so far suggests “we’re not dealing with a lone wolf situation.” Echoing the comments of British officials, he said: “There’s a network a cell of ISIS-inspired terrorists.” | |
| 7.21am BST | |
| 07:21 | |
| What we know so far | |
| Claire Phipps | |
| The investigation | |
| Police continue to focus on the background of attacker Salman Abedi, amid fears the person who constructed the sophisticated bomb is still at large. | |
| Overnight, a controlled explosion was carried out during a raid in Moss Side. | |
| Two men were arrested in Manchester on Thursday morning, taking the total to eight men in custody, among them Abedi’s 23-year-old brother Ismail Abedi. | |
| A woman arrested on Wednesday in Blackley in connection with the attack has been released without charge. | |
| The bomber’s father, Ramadan Abedi, and a younger brother, Hashem Abedi, who live in Libya, have reportedly been arrested by Rada, a Tripoli militia. Libyan officials claimed Hashem knew about the planned attack. | |
| Greater Manchester police has declined to comment on claims by an unnamed Muslim community worker that they had twice contacted police with concerns about Salman Abedi, several years ago. | |
| There is anger among British officials about US intelligence leaks, exacerbated when the New York Times published forensic photographs of bomb parts from the crime scene. | |
| Prime minister Theresa May travels to the Nato summit in Brussels today, where she is expected to challenge US president Donald Trump over the series of leaks, which were criticised by the UK’s national counter-terrorism police: | |
| When that trust is breached it undermines these relationships, and undermines our investigations and the confidence of victims, witnesses and their families. This damage is even greater when it involves unauthorised disclosure of potential evidence in the middle of a major counter-terrorism investigation. | |
| The victims | |
| More victims of the attack have been named: 17 have now been publicly identified. Cheshire police has also confirmed that a police officer was killed, but she has not yet been named. | |
| There will be a nationwide minute’s silence for the 22 killed and dozens wounded at 11am today. | |
| On Thursday morning, the parents of Eilidh MacLeod, 14, from Barra in the Hebrides, said she had died: | |
| Words cannot express how we feel at losing our darling Eilidh. | |
| Late on Wednesday night, the families of 17-year-old Chloe Rutherford and 19-year-old Liam Curry confirmed they were among the 22 killed: | |
| They lived to go to new places together and explore different cities. They wanted to be together for ever and now they are. | |
| Also named was 14-year-old Sorrell Leczkowski. Her grandfather Michael Healey said he was “absolutely heartbroken”: | |
| Sorrell was only 14, but she was our rock, she kept us all grounded. She was such a clever, talented, creative girl, there was nothing she couldn’t do. | |
| At a vigil in Bury on Wednesday night, Charlotte Campbell, the mother of 15-year-old Olivia Campbell, said she had come to thank the many who had helped in the search for her daughter after the attack, before her death was confirmed: | |
| I had to come. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know where to be... I just knew - something told me I had to come here … Please stay together. Don’t let this beat any of us, please. Don’t let my Olivia be a victim. | |
| Ariana Grande, who was performing at Manchester Arena on the night of the attack, has suspended her European tour. | |
| 7.11am BST | 7.11am BST |
| 07:11 | 07:11 |
| The focus of the police investigation is whether Salman Abedi was part of a wider terror network, Ian Cobain and Ewen MacAskill report: | The focus of the police investigation is whether Salman Abedi was part of a wider terror network, Ian Cobain and Ewen MacAskill report: |
| Police and the security service are focusing upon the Libyan connections of the Manchester suicide bomber. Salman Abedi travelled to see his mother, father, younger brother and sister in Libya last week but Whitehall sources said they suspected there were also what they termed “nefarious purposes” behind his visit to Tripoli. | Police and the security service are focusing upon the Libyan connections of the Manchester suicide bomber. Salman Abedi travelled to see his mother, father, younger brother and sister in Libya last week but Whitehall sources said they suspected there were also what they termed “nefarious purposes” behind his visit to Tripoli. |
| His father, Ramadan, and younger brother, Hashem, 20, were reported to have been arrested by a militia in Tripoli on suspicion of having links with Islamic State. | His father, Ramadan, and younger brother, Hashem, 20, were reported to have been arrested by a militia in Tripoli on suspicion of having links with Islamic State. |
| British police were also investigating Abedi’s connections in Manchester, including among the city’s Libyan community. | British police were also investigating Abedi’s connections in Manchester, including among the city’s Libyan community. |
| Greater Manchester police’s chief constable, Ian Hopkins, said the public should be aware that “this is a network that we are investigating”, while the home secretary, Amber Rudd, said that the relatively sophisticated nature of the attack suggested he may have had support. Pictures of the remnants of the bomb that emerged on Wednesday suggested that whoever constructed it was an expert. | Greater Manchester police’s chief constable, Ian Hopkins, said the public should be aware that “this is a network that we are investigating”, while the home secretary, Amber Rudd, said that the relatively sophisticated nature of the attack suggested he may have had support. Pictures of the remnants of the bomb that emerged on Wednesday suggested that whoever constructed it was an expert. |
| “It seems likely, possible, that he wasn’t doing this on his own,” Rudd said. | “It seems likely, possible, that he wasn’t doing this on his own,” Rudd said. |
| Among the greatest concerns of the police and the security service are that Abedi may not have constructed the bomb that he detonated at the Manchester Arena on Monday night, meaning a bomb-maker remains at large. | Among the greatest concerns of the police and the security service are that Abedi may not have constructed the bomb that he detonated at the Manchester Arena on Monday night, meaning a bomb-maker remains at large. |
| 6.57am BST | 6.57am BST |
| 06:57 | 06:57 |
| Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, has criticised the intelligence leaks that have seen key details of the investigation reported in the US media. | Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, has criticised the intelligence leaks that have seen key details of the investigation reported in the US media. |
| Burnham told BBC2’s Newnight on Wednesday evening that the leaks were “not acceptable” and could compromise the investigation: | Burnham told BBC2’s Newnight on Wednesday evening that the leaks were “not acceptable” and could compromise the investigation: |
| It troubles me. On Monday evening when the reports were first coming through to me, I agreed with the chief constable and others we would take a cautious approach to putting public information out because we wouldn’t want to get anything wrong or compromise the police investigation. | It troubles me. On Monday evening when the reports were first coming through to me, I agreed with the chief constable and others we would take a cautious approach to putting public information out because we wouldn’t want to get anything wrong or compromise the police investigation. |
| And yet the first reports were coming seemingly out of the United States. So that is concerning, because obviously you want international cooperation when it comes to sharing of information because events like this can have that broader dimension. But it worries me greatly and in fact I made known my concerns about it to the US ambassador. | And yet the first reports were coming seemingly out of the United States. So that is concerning, because obviously you want international cooperation when it comes to sharing of information because events like this can have that broader dimension. But it worries me greatly and in fact I made known my concerns about it to the US ambassador. |
| It’s not acceptable to me … there is a live investigation taking place; we cannot have information being put in the public domain that’s not in the direct control of the British police and security services … | It’s not acceptable to me … there is a live investigation taking place; we cannot have information being put in the public domain that’s not in the direct control of the British police and security services … |
| Many terrorist atrocities have an international dimension where security services from around the world need to cooperate quickly. But they’ve got to do that, surely, on a basis of trust and confidentiality. And to have information put in the public domain before it was put there by people here is just wrong. | Many terrorist atrocities have an international dimension where security services from around the world need to cooperate quickly. But they’ve got to do that, surely, on a basis of trust and confidentiality. And to have information put in the public domain before it was put there by people here is just wrong. |
| 6.46am BST | 6.46am BST |
| 06:46 | 06:46 |
| Eilidh MacLeod, 14, confirmed dead | Eilidh MacLeod, 14, confirmed dead |
| The parents of Eilidh MacLeod, who had been missing since Monday evening, have confirmed that she died in the attack. She was 14. | The parents of Eilidh MacLeod, who had been missing since Monday evening, have confirmed that she died in the attack. She was 14. |
| In a statement, they said: | In a statement, they said: |
| Words cannot express how we feel at losing our darling Eilidh. | Words cannot express how we feel at losing our darling Eilidh. |
| Eilidh and her friend Laura MacIntyre, 15, who are both from the Hebridean island of Barra, attended the concert together. Both were initially reported as missing but Laura was later found to be in hospital, with severe burns. | Eilidh and her friend Laura MacIntyre, 15, who are both from the Hebridean island of Barra, attended the concert together. Both were initially reported as missing but Laura was later found to be in hospital, with severe burns. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.56am BST | at 6.56am BST |
| 6.38am BST | 6.38am BST |
| 06:38 | 06:38 |
| The grandfather of 14-year-old Sorrell Leczkowski, who was killed in the blast, has paid tribute to her. | The grandfather of 14-year-old Sorrell Leczkowski, who was killed in the blast, has paid tribute to her. |
| Michael Healey said he was “absolutely heartbroken”: | Michael Healey said he was “absolutely heartbroken”: |
| Sorrell was only 14, but she was our rock, she kept us all grounded. She was such a clever, talented, creative girl, there was nothing she couldn’t do. | Sorrell was only 14, but she was our rock, she kept us all grounded. She was such a clever, talented, creative girl, there was nothing she couldn’t do. |
| Sorrell’s mother and grandmother were injured in the blast, police have said. | Sorrell’s mother and grandmother were injured in the blast, police have said. |
| Her grandmother Pauline is in intensive care, and her mother Samantha is recovering from surgery “as she tries to make sense of the devastating loss of her daughter”, a family statement said. | Her grandmother Pauline is in intensive care, and her mother Samantha is recovering from surgery “as she tries to make sense of the devastating loss of her daughter”, a family statement said. |
| 6.31am BST | 6.31am BST |
| 06:31 | 06:31 |
| The We Love Manchester Emergency Fund, launched by Manchester city council, the British Red Cross and the Manchester Evening News, has raised over £2m in its first 24 hours. | The We Love Manchester Emergency Fund, launched by Manchester city council, the British Red Cross and the Manchester Evening News, has raised over £2m in its first 24 hours. |
| Donations can be made at www.redcross.org.uk/manchester | Donations can be made at www.redcross.org.uk/manchester |
| The Red Cross began the appeal with a £50,000 donation from its disaster fund, boosted by £1m collected by Manchester’s newspaper in its We Stand Together appeal. | The Red Cross began the appeal with a £50,000 donation from its disaster fund, boosted by £1m collected by Manchester’s newspaper in its We Stand Together appeal. |
| Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has pledged £100,000, as has the Wayne Rooney Foundation. The Arsenal Foundation has contributed £50,000. | Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has pledged £100,000, as has the Wayne Rooney Foundation. The Arsenal Foundation has contributed £50,000. |
| 6.23am BST | 6.23am BST |
| 06:23 | 06:23 |
| Overnight it was confirmed that 17-year-old Chloe Rutherford and 19-year-old Liam Curry from South Shields, who had been missing since Monday evening, both died in the attack. | Overnight it was confirmed that 17-year-old Chloe Rutherford and 19-year-old Liam Curry from South Shields, who had been missing since Monday evening, both died in the attack. |
| Their families have paid tribute to them: | Their families have paid tribute to them: |
| On the night our daughter Chloe died and our son Liam died, their wings were ready but our hearts were not. | On the night our daughter Chloe died and our son Liam died, their wings were ready but our hearts were not. |
| They were perfect in every way for each other and were meant to be. They were beautiful inside and out to ourselves and our families, and they were inseparable … | They were perfect in every way for each other and were meant to be. They were beautiful inside and out to ourselves and our families, and they were inseparable … |
| They lived to go to new places together and explore different cities. They wanted to be together for ever and now they are. | They lived to go to new places together and explore different cities. They wanted to be together for ever and now they are. |
| 6.10am BST | 6.10am BST |
| 06:10 | 06:10 |
| Two more men arrested | Two more men arrested |
| Greater Manchester police says two men have been arrested this morning, bringing the total in custody to eight. | Greater Manchester police says two men have been arrested this morning, bringing the total in custody to eight. |
| A woman detained yesterday has been released without charge. | A woman detained yesterday has been released without charge. |
| The police statement reads: | The police statement reads: |
| This morning (Thursday 25 May 2017) we have been carrying out searches at an address in the Withington area and a man has been arrested. | This morning (Thursday 25 May 2017) we have been carrying out searches at an address in the Withington area and a man has been arrested. |
| These searches are connected to Monday’s attack on the Manchester Arena, but this is a fast-moving investigation and we are keeping an open mind at this stage. | These searches are connected to Monday’s attack on the Manchester Arena, but this is a fast-moving investigation and we are keeping an open mind at this stage. |
| Another man has also been arrested in the Manchester area this morning in connection with the investigation, bringing the total number of men in custody to eight. | Another man has also been arrested in the Manchester area this morning in connection with the investigation, bringing the total number of men in custody to eight. |
| A woman who was arrested in Blackley on Wednesday evening has since been released without charge. | A woman who was arrested in Blackley on Wednesday evening has since been released without charge. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.13am BST | at 6.13am BST |
| 6.07am BST | 6.07am BST |
| 06:07 | 06:07 |
| 16 of 22 victims named | 16 of 22 victims named |
| We now know the names of 16 of the people killed by the bomb attack at Manchester Arena. They are: | We now know the names of 16 of the people killed by the bomb attack at Manchester Arena. They are: |
| Michelle Kiss, 45 | Michelle Kiss, 45 |
| Olivia Campbell, 15 | Olivia Campbell, 15 |
| Martyn Hett, 29 | Martyn Hett, 29 |
| Kelly Brewster, 32 | Kelly Brewster, 32 |
| Saffie Rose Roussos, eight | Saffie Rose Roussos, eight |
| Georgina Callander, 18 | Georgina Callander, 18 |
| John Atkinson, 28 | John Atkinson, 28 |
| Alison Howe, 45 | Alison Howe, 45 |
| Lisa Lees, 47 | Lisa Lees, 47 |
| Angelika Klis, 40 | Angelika Klis, 40 |
| Marcin Klis, 42 | Marcin Klis, 42 |
| Nell Jones, 14 | Nell Jones, 14 |
| Jane Tweddle-Taylor, 51 | Jane Tweddle-Taylor, 51 |
| Sorrell Leczkowski, 14 | Sorrell Leczkowski, 14 |
| Chloe Rutherford, 17 | Chloe Rutherford, 17 |
| Liam Curry, 19 | Liam Curry, 19 |
| 5.44am BST | 5.44am BST |
| 05:44 | 05:44 |
| What we know so far | What we know so far |
| Claire Phipps | Claire Phipps |
| The investigation | The investigation |
| Police continue to focus on the background of attacker Salman Abedi, amid fears the person who constructed the sophisticated bomb is still at large. | Police continue to focus on the background of attacker Salman Abedi, amid fears the person who constructed the sophisticated bomb is still at large. |
| Overnight, a controlled explosion was carried out during a raid in Moss Side. | Overnight, a controlled explosion was carried out during a raid in Moss Side. |
| A woman arrested on Wednesday in Blackley in connection with the attack has been released without charge. Six men are still being questioned, among them Abedi’s 23-year-old brother Ismail Abedi. | A woman arrested on Wednesday in Blackley in connection with the attack has been released without charge. Six men are still being questioned, among them Abedi’s 23-year-old brother Ismail Abedi. |
| Their father, Ramadan Abedi, and a younger brother, Hashem Abedi, who live in Libya, have reportedly been arrested by Rada, a Tripoli militia. Libyan officials claimed Hashem knew about the planned attack. | Their father, Ramadan Abedi, and a younger brother, Hashem Abedi, who live in Libya, have reportedly been arrested by Rada, a Tripoli militia. Libyan officials claimed Hashem knew about the planned attack. |
| Greater Manchester police has declined to comment on claims by an unnamed Muslim community worker that they had twice contacted police with concerns about Salman Abedi, several years ago. | Greater Manchester police has declined to comment on claims by an unnamed Muslim community worker that they had twice contacted police with concerns about Salman Abedi, several years ago. |
| There is anger among British officials about US intelligence leaks, exacerbated when the New York Times published forensic photographs of bomb parts from the crime scene. | There is anger among British officials about US intelligence leaks, exacerbated when the New York Times published forensic photographs of bomb parts from the crime scene. |
| Prime minister Theresa May travels to the Nato summit in Brussels today, where she is expected to challenge US president Donald Trump over the series of leaks, which were criticised by the UK’s national counter-terrorism police: | Prime minister Theresa May travels to the Nato summit in Brussels today, where she is expected to challenge US president Donald Trump over the series of leaks, which were criticised by the UK’s national counter-terrorism police: |
| When that trust is breached it undermines these relationships, and undermines our investigations and the confidence of victims, witnesses and their families. This damage is even greater when it involves unauthorised disclosure of potential evidence in the middle of a major counter-terrorism investigation. | When that trust is breached it undermines these relationships, and undermines our investigations and the confidence of victims, witnesses and their families. This damage is even greater when it involves unauthorised disclosure of potential evidence in the middle of a major counter-terrorism investigation. |
| The victims | The victims |
| More victims of the attack have been named. There will be a nationwide minute’s silence for the 22 killed and dozens wounded at 11am today. | More victims of the attack have been named. There will be a nationwide minute’s silence for the 22 killed and dozens wounded at 11am today. |
| Late on Wednesday night, the families of 17-year-old Chloe Rutherford and 19-year-old Liam Curry confirmed they were among the 22 killed: | Late on Wednesday night, the families of 17-year-old Chloe Rutherford and 19-year-old Liam Curry confirmed they were among the 22 killed: |
| They lived to go to new places together and explore different cities. They wanted to be together for ever and now they are. | They lived to go to new places together and explore different cities. They wanted to be together for ever and now they are. |
| Also named was 14-year-old Sorrell Leczkowski. Her grandfather Michael Healey said he was “absolutely heartbroken”: | Also named was 14-year-old Sorrell Leczkowski. Her grandfather Michael Healey said he was “absolutely heartbroken”: |
| Sorrell was only 14, but she was our rock, she kept us all grounded. She was such a clever, talented, creative girl, there was nothing she couldn’t do. | Sorrell was only 14, but she was our rock, she kept us all grounded. She was such a clever, talented, creative girl, there was nothing she couldn’t do. |
| At a vigil in Bury on Wednesday night, Charlotte Campbell, the mother of 15-year-old Olivia Campbell, said she had come to thank the many who had helped in the search for her daughter after the attack, before her death was confirmed: | At a vigil in Bury on Wednesday night, Charlotte Campbell, the mother of 15-year-old Olivia Campbell, said she had come to thank the many who had helped in the search for her daughter after the attack, before her death was confirmed: |
| I had to come. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know where to be... I just knew - something told me I had to come here … Please stay together. Don’t let this beat any of us, please. Don’t let my Olivia be a victim. | I had to come. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know where to be... I just knew - something told me I had to come here … Please stay together. Don’t let this beat any of us, please. Don’t let my Olivia be a victim. |
| Ariana Grande, who was performing at Manchester Arena on the night of the attack, has suspended her European tour. | Ariana Grande, who was performing at Manchester Arena on the night of the attack, has suspended her European tour. |