8th suspect in connection with Manchester Arena bombing arrested
Greater Manchester Police said they have been carrying out searches at an address in the Withington area and a man has been arrested in connection with the Manchester Arena bombing in England on May 25, BBC reports.
Another man has been arrested in the Manchester area in connection with the investigation. This brings 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. The highest threat level, which is decided by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre – a group of experts from the police, government departments and agencies – has only been reached twice before.
22 people died when a suicide bomber detonated and IED in Manchester Arena, England, during a concert of US pop star Ariana Grande. More than 50 people have been injured. Salman Abedi, the 22-year-old British man believed to have killed 22 people in a suicide-bomb attack in Manchester Arena, had ties to al Qaeda and had received terrorist training abroad, a U.S. intelligence official told NBC News on Tuesday as the United Kingdom raised its terrorist threat level to the highest category.
