British security forces 'searching for accomplices' of Manchester attacker
According to reports from Britain, security forces are searching for accomplices of the suicide bomber who carried out the Manchester bombing, which killed 22 people, including an eight-year-old girl.
The Associated Press reports that the hunt for accomplices of Salman Abedi, the suicide bomber who carried out the Manchester bombing at an Ariana Grande concert, is ongoing. British Prime Minister Theresa May has said that another attack in the country is "imminent."
The suicide attack in Manchester has left at least 22 people dead. Many of those attending an Ariana Grande concert were teenagers, and one of the victims was an eight-year-old girl.
Theresa May said on June 2, "We are struggling to understand a twisted and twisted mind for which a room full of children is not a place to express affection, but a place to exact revenge."
The comments come as the British government has raised the country's security alert level from "severe" to "critical." Raising the security level to "critical" means that British military forces can replace police forces in protecting and guarding public places.
Over the past few hours, British citizens have paid tribute to the victims of the Manchester attack in various places; 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, attended a memorial service in the city of Manchester.
The so-called Islamic State group has claimed that Salman Abedi was one of the extremist group's "soldiers." The attacker was a 22-year-old man with a Libyan mother and father and was born in Britain.
British media have said that Abedi was known to security agencies, and the Financial Times has reported that he had "become radicalized" in recent years.
According to the Press Association, Obidi was previously a management student at the University of Salford, Manchester, but dropped out after two years and did not return to the university.
The Manchester attacker used a homemade explosive device, packed with metal pieces, to carry out his attack. CCTV footage shows him placing the explosive device in a suitcase, placing it on the ground in a crowd of mostly children and teenagers, and then detonating it.
Source: Radio Farda
