Manchester Bombing: Two New Arrests, The Investigation Is Moving Forward

Police are making rapid progress in investigating the Manchester bombing, and have made two more arrests this Saturday, May 27.

The British police arrested two new people, two young men, in the investigation into the suicide bombing in Manchester on Monday (May 23rd). About 11 people are in custody this Saturday, May 27th. The investigation is progressing rapidly.

Police have made " huge " progress in the investigation, according to British counter-terrorism official Mark Rowley. It is now a certainty: the suicide bomber who blew his bomb at the exit of the concert of the American singer Ariana Grande Monday evening was supported by a whole network.

Experts believe that Salman Abedi could not have designed the sophisticated explosive device on its own. According to the press of the Channel, it would have prepared the attack for at least a year, buying the components of the bomb in stores of Manchester. He would have assembled them at two different addresses, according to the Telegraph.

The British authorities consider that much of the network has been dismantled. However, the police continue to explore important avenues, according to the head of anti-terrorism. On Saturday, two young men, aged 20 and 22, were arrested in an industrial district in northern Manchester, Cheetham Hill.

The investigators sought to confirm that Abedi had indeed made a stay in Libya before committing the attack, as US intelligence argues. Libya, where the kamikaze's brother and father were arrested on Tuesday. The family comes from this country. According to Libyan police, the younger brother, Hachem Abedi, claimed responsibility for belonging to the Islamic State group.