MANCHESTER TERROR ATTACK

MANCHESTER TERROR ATTACK

Detectives are probing a "network" linked to the Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi police have confirmed, as his father and brother were detained in Libya.Twenty-two people were killed in a blast at the Manchester Arena on 22nd May,2017, Monday night, including an eight-year-old girl and an off-duty female police officer, moments after US singer Ariana Grande finished performing, at around 10:30pm.Prime Minister Theresa May has raised the UK threat level to the highest possible rating, meaning another terrorist atrocity is expected imminently. Almost 1,000 troops have been deployed to key locations.Police are investigating associates of Abedi and are carrying out "extensive searches" across Manchester after revealing they believe they're investigating a "network".

Abedi's father Ramadan has reportedly been arrested in Tripoli, Libya. It follows an interview in which he denied his son Salman's involvement in the blast and said: "We don't believe in killing innocents. This is not us."Abedi's younger brother Hashem has also reportedly been arrested in Tripoli, Libya, on suspicion of having links to the Islamic State group that claimed responsibility for the Manchester Arena attack on Monday.Five people have been arrested in the UK so far.

The first arrest happened on Tuesday in Chorlton, Manchester where a 23-year-old man was held, believed to be Abedi's older brother Ismail. He remains in custody.Another three men were arrested in south Manchester on Wednesday morning. A fifth suspect, believed to be carrying a package, was arrested in Wigan on Wednesday afternoon.?Mrs May raised the UK threat level to critical on Tuesday evening, saying a "wider group of individuals" could have been involved in the Manchester Arena blast rather than just Abedi.

Operation Temperer is the government plan to put up to 3,800 soldiers on the streets in response to a major terrorist threat. It was devised in 2015 and had been a secret until it was accidentally leaked to a newspaper.Mrs May said last night that the operation was now in force and armed soldiers would guard "key locations" across London. These include Buckingham Palace, Downing Street, the Palace of Westminster and embassies.The Palace of Westminster is closed to the public and the Changing the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace is cancelled to redeploy police officers.The move is temporary but it's not known how long the heightened state of alert will remain in place.The deployment is also unprecedented and puts Mrs May at odds with her predecessor, David Cameron, who was reluctant to use the controversial power.Abedi was born in Manchester in 1994 and is of Libyan descent.

The second youngest of four children, his parents Samia Tabbal, 50, and father, Ramadan Abedi, a security officer, were Libyan refugees who came to the UK to escape the Gaddafi regime, although they are believed to have returned.Abedi was educated locally in south Manchester and studied business at Salford University – but dropped out before completing his degree.He is thought to have attended the Manchester Islamic Centre, also known as Didsbury Mosque, along with his parents and siblings.A family friend, who asked not to be named, described him as "normal" and said the family were known to the Libyan community in the city.French interior minister Gerard Collomb has said Abedi is believed to have travelled to Syria and had "proven" links with the terror group  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil).Mr Collomb told French television that both British and French intelligence services had information that Abedi had been in Syria.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd said Abedi was known to the intelligence services "up to a point".On Wednesday, BBC News reported that members of the public blew the whistle on Abedi several years ago by reporting him to the anti-terrorism hotline.An unnamed Muslim community worker told the broadcaster that two people who knew Abedi at college tipped off officers after he made statements "supporting terrorism" and expressing the view that "being a suicide bomber was OK".The calls are thought to have been made five years ago, after Abedi left school, the community worker added.

Who are the victims?

Many children and young people are among the dead and some people are still missing.The first victim to be named on Tuesday was college student Georgina Callander. The 18-year-old "superfan", from Whittle-le-Woods in Lancashire, had met her idol Miss Grande in 2015 and had posted excitedly about the moment on Instagram.Eight-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos from Leyland, Lancashire is the youngest victim so far. She was caught in the blast after becoming separated from her mother Lisa and sister Ashlee Bromwich, who is in her 20s. They are both being treated for shrapnel injuries. Olivia Campbell, 15, from Bury, was also killed, her mother said on Facebook on Tuesday night. Saffie Rose Roussos, aged eight, died in Monday's attack in Manchester. CREDIT:  SWNS.COM

Teenage sweethearts Chloe Rutherford, 17, and Liam Curry, 19, from South Shields, were "inseparable" and "beautiful inside and out", their grieving relatives said in a statement released through police.Tributes have also been paid to 26-year-old John Atkinson from Bury, and Marcin and Angelika Klis, Polish parents of a student at the University of York, who were both at the concert to pick up their children. Kelly Brewster, 32, from Sheffield was also killed and leaves behind a young daughter, Phoebe. Mothers Alison Howe, 45, and Lisa Lees, 47, from Royton, Oldham, died as they were waiting to collect their teenage daughters.

PR manager Martyn Hett, from Stockport died after attending the concert with a friend, while 14-year-old Nell Jones, from Knutsford has also been confirmed.School receptionist from Blackpool, Jane Tweddle-Taylor, 51, had gone to the Manchester Arena with a friend to pick up the friend's daughter when she died in the blast. The family of another victim, mother-of-three Michelle Kiss, from Lancashire, said she had been taken away in the "most traumatic way imaginable" as they vowed to "draw from the courage and strength she showed in her life".Sorrell Leczkowski, a 14-year-old from Leeds, was with her mother and grandmother when she died – both of whom are recovering in hospital.Police have also confirmed that a serving Cheshire Police officer was killed. The BBC reported that the officer was with her husband and two children, who were all injured, the husband critically.As many as 64 people have been hurt and 20 are being treated for critical injuries. Twelve of those rushed to hospital were children.

മാഞ്ചസ്റ്ററിലെ ആരീനയിലുണ്ടായ ഭീകരാക്രമണവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട് ഒരാൾ കൂടി അറസ്റ്റിലായി. ഇതോടെ ആക്രമണവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട് അറസ്റ്റിലായവരുടെ എണ്ണം 10 ആയി. എന്നാൽ അറസ്റ്റ് ചെയ്തവരിൽ ഒരു യുവതിയേയും യുവാവിനെയും പോലീസ് വിട്ടയച്ചിരുന്നു. എട്ടു പേർ ഇപ്പോഴും കസ്റ്റഡിയിലുണ്ടെന്ന് മാഞ്ചസ്റ്റർ പോലീസ് അറിയിച്ചു.നി​ര​വ​ധി കൗ​മാ​ര​ക്കാ​രും കു​ട്ടി​ക​ളും പ​ങ്കെ​ടു​ത്ത മാ​ഞ്ച​സ്റ്റ​ർ അ​രീ​ന​യി​ലെ സം​ഗീ​ത​പരിപാടിയുടെ സ​മാ​പ​ന​ത്തി​ൽ ന​ട​ന്ന സ്ഫോ​ട​ന​ങ്ങ​ളി​ൽ 22 പേ​ർ കൊ​ല്ല​പ്പെ​ടുക​യും 64 പേ​ർ​ക്കു പ​രി​ക്കേ​ൽ​ക്കു​ക​യും ചെ​യ്തി​രു​ന്നു.

 Prof.John Kurakar