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| Manchester attack: Evacuations as police tracking Salman Abedi's movements investigate parked car | Manchester attack: Evacuations as police tracking Salman Abedi's movements investigate parked car |
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| Residents are being evacuated in Manchester after police cordoned off a suspect car possibly linked to Salman Abedi. | |
| Greater Manchester Police said the white Nissan Micra "may be significant to the investigation" as the operation continued. | |
| Authorities were urging people to keep away from a large security cordon around the scene in Devell Court. | Authorities were urging people to keep away from a large security cordon around the scene in Devell Court. |
| Detective Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson, head of the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, said: "This is potentially a significant development in the investigation. | Detective Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson, head of the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, said: "This is potentially a significant development in the investigation. |
| "We are very interested in anything people can tell us about the movements of this car, and who was in it, over the past months. | "We are very interested in anything people can tell us about the movements of this car, and who was in it, over the past months. |
| "We are also interested in any information about who may have had access tot he car or who may have gone to and from it." | "We are also interested in any information about who may have had access tot he car or who may have gone to and from it." |
| It sits in Rusholme near the Banff Road and Wilmslow Road area, where Abedi returned repeatedly carrying a blue suitcase in the run-up to the bombing. | |
| Manchester Royal Infirmary has been unaffected by the operation, but its Ronald McDonald House centre for the families of child patients has been evacuated. | |
| Authorities said the 100m cordon was a "precaution" and that people would temporarily be relocated. | |
| Police are attempting to piece together the bomber's movements from when he flew back from Libya on 18 May and the attack four days later. | Police are attempting to piece together the bomber's movements from when he flew back from Libya on 18 May and the attack four days later. |
| New CCTV images have been released showing Abedi moving around Manchester during the period, sometimes carrying a blue suitcase investigators also want to trace. | |
| On Thursday, Det Ch Supt Jackson said he purchased parts for the bomb after arriving back in the UK, adding: “What we still need to understand is if he had any of the bomb parts in his possession before he went out of the country. | |
| “This is why we are tracking his movements so carefully.” | |
| The detective confirmed that searches in the Banff Road area earlier this week were sparked by information given by members of the public, but despite house-to-house enquiries, police are “still not satisfied why Abedi went there”. | |
| “It is vital we understand exactly where he went there and who he spoke to in these final days before the attack,” he added. | |
| “We need your help as we piece together what happened in the lead up to the attack and if Abedi was helped by anyone.” | |
| Police previously confirmed that the attacker purchased many of the “core components” himself and made many movements alone in the four days before the attack. | |
| But investigators are still probing the possibility of a wider network supporting the attack, which killed 22 people and injured dozens more at Manchester Arena. | |
| Greater Manchester Police confirmed that 10 men, aged between 18 and 44, remain in custody on suspicion of terror offences. | |
| Two of Abedi’s cousins, his former landlord and a 15-year-old boy are among six people who have been released without charge so far in the investigation. | |
| Anyone with information is asked to call the anti-terror hotline anonymously on 0800 789321 or send images and footages to police by visiting the UK Police Image Appeal website. |