British Security Forces ‘Searching for Accomplices’ of Manchester Attacker

According to reports from Britain, the country’s security forces are searching for accomplices of the suicide bomber who carried out the attack in Manchester. During the Manchester explosion, 22 people, including an eight-year-old girl, lost their lives.

The Associated Press news agency reports that the search and investigation to find accomplices of Salman Abedi, the perpetrator of the suicide attack during Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester, is ongoing. Theresa May, the British Prime Minister, also stated that the possibility of another attack in the country is “imminent.”

The suicide attack in Manchester has left at least 22 victims. Many of those who attended Ariana Grande’s concert were teenagers, and one of the victims of the attack was an eight-year-old girl.

On June 2, Theresa May said “We are working hard to try to understand the twisted mind of someone who saw a room full of children, not as a place to celebrate life and love, but as a target to kill.”

These remarks came as the British government raised its security alert level from “severe” to “critical.” Raising the alert level to “critical” means that British military forces can replace police forces in protecting and securing public places.

Over the past hours, British citizens in different parts of the country have paid tribute to the victims of the Manchester attack; on Tuesday evening, thousands of people, including British political leaders and figures such as Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party, and senior government officials, participated in a memorial ceremony in the city of Manchester.

A group calling itself the Islamic State claimed that Salman Abedi was among the “soldiers” of this extremist group. The attacker was a 22-year-old man born in Britain with Libyan parents.

British media reported that Abedi was a known individual to security organizations, and the Financial Times newspaper also reported that he had become “radicalized” over the past years.

According to the Press Association news agency, Abedi was previously a management student at the University of Salford in Manchester, but after two years he dropped out and did not return to the university.

The Manchester attacker used a homemade explosive device packed with pieces of metal to carry out his attack. Security camera footage shows that he placed the explosive device in a suitcase; he put the suitcase among a crowd mostly of children and teenagers on the ground and then detonated it.

Source: Radio Farda