On Tuesday, Theresa May announced that the level of alert, raised to "serious" for three years remained unchanged, but the decision late Tuesday evening to raise it to "critical", that is to say to Its maximum level, has further darkened the atmosphere throughout the country, noted our correspondent in London , Muriel Delcroix . Aware of the panic that this serious decision might cause, the Prime Minister has also been reassuring: this decision is a precautionary measure taken while the authorities can not yet rule out the possibility that, Author of the attack is linked to a wider terrorist group.
Meanwhile, despite several police raids and the arrest of a suspect in southern Manchester, investigators have not yet been able to trace the kamikaze's journey to the end. As a result, the security services requested the deployment of the army to support the police at key locations in the country and at major cultural and sporting events.
The "critical" alert level triggers an operation on Wednesday, called "Temperer", which allows 5,000 soldiers to reinforce the police force or replace those who are armed for Allow them to patrol around vulnerable sites. Meanwhile, according to Amber Rudd, the British interior minister, the perpetrator of the attack, Salman Abedi, probably did not act alone.
The Libyan stay of the suicide bomber
As early as May 23rd in the afternoon, he was known as Salman Abedi and was 22 years old. According to media reports, he was a man born in Manchester of Libyan parents who fled their homeland to take refuge first in London and then in a southern neighborhood of Manchester for a decade. Born third of four children in a pious Muslim family, he was known to the security services and had become radicalized in recent years. Described by his neighbors as a very discreet and reserved young man, Salman Abedi had begun his studies in commerce and management at the University of Salford in Manchester, but had abandoned them after two years, Had not graduated.
According to the press, his father is a well-known personality in the Libyan community of Manchester but is currently in Tripoli. Finally quoting a friend of the suicide bomber's school, the Times says that Salman Abedi had left Libya three weeks ago and had returned a few days ago. On Wednesday morning, only the tabloid The Sun published a picture of him next to that of an 8-year-old girl killed in the explosion on Monday night.
Manchester, a city in slow motion
In Manchester, near the scene of the drama, the police put in place many traffic restrictions, giving the neighborhood the ghost of a quasi-ghost town, noted our special envoy, Anastasia Becchio. Police officers on horseback disturb the almost unreal calm that prevails in the northern quarter of the city center. No cars in the streets. Tram tracks that remain deserted, a train station closed, and shops that have dropped their curtains in this part of the city usually rough, life slows down. " It's the main street and there is a railway station, it's the second biggest railway station in the city and here it's a large shopping area. In ordinary times, The city is full of people, there is music in the shops, but there is nothing left. It's very sad today, but let's hope we'll recover, "says Iakoub Nizami, an employee of the town hall ...
Around the Arena, a security perimeter has been deployed. Scientific police are still on the ground. Jim Stuge, retired, approaches the police cordon to try to see what is happening at the scene of the drama. " It's disgusting, it's really disgusting what this coward did: to explode in the midst of women and children. But the problem is that it will continue because there is no answer to that. We're not safe anywhere. Who will be next? ". With the newspaper under his arm, Jim returns home to watch television keep abreast of the progress of the investigation.
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