Manchester Bombing: What Is Known About The Investigation

In Britain, the British police continue to investigate, two days after the attack that left 22 dead in Manchester. For the investigators, the investigations are oriented "clearly" on a network, rejecting the hypothesis according to which the British suicide bomber of Libyan origin could act alone.

The brother of the alleged perpetrator of the Manchester bombing admitted after his arrest that he was aware of the preparations for the attack and was also a member of the Islamic State (EI) organization, Libyan security services. Arrested the day before, Hachem Abedi, "said that he belonged to the EI with his brother Salman Abedi (...) and admitted that he was present in Grande-Bretagne during the period of preparation for the attack" , Said on its Facebook page the Force of deterrence, which acts as police loyal to the government of national unity (GNA). A sixth person was arrested, a woman. "Searches were conducted this Wednesday night in Blackley, a neighborhood in northern Manchester,
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The attack claimed by the Islamic State (EI) group, in which dozens of people were also injured when leaving a concert hall, was "more elaborate" than others and "it seems likely" 'The attacker did not act alone,' Minister of the Interior Amber Rudd said in the morning. Manchester police chief Ian Hopkins then confirmed early in the afternoon to investigate "clearly" a network around suicide bomber Salman Abedi, a 22-year-old student, whose Amber Rudd said he was "known" "Intelligence services.
The police announced late in the afternoon that they had arrested a fifth man in Wigan, on the outskirts of Manchester, "in possession of a package" that the investigators were investigating. Four others, all arrested in southern Manchester, remained in police custody. Among them, a man of 23 years and a certain "Adel", of Libyan origin and aged 44 years. The latter "was handcuffed and taken to a car", told Agence France-Presse Omar Alfaqhuri, who lives in front of a house where at least one suspect was arrested.
A "sophisticated" bomb

The bomb was powerful and sophisticated, according to British police photos, revealed and analyzed by the New York Times. The initial analysis of the bomb, based on the elements photographed and collected at the scene of the crime, does not allow to deduce the quantity or type of explosive that made up the main charge, Was a craft manufactured after "careful reflection and thoughtfulness," writes the American daily. It publishes exclusively eight photos showing various elements of the explosive device of the detonator, a battery, passing by fragments of a blue backpack and pieces of metal and screws.
These elements, analyzed by artificers interrogated by the NYT, make it possible to deduce that the bomb was "powerful, endowed with an ultra-fast charge, but also that the shrapnel (pieces of metal) was arranged carefully and methodically" To do the most damage. The bomb, which was probably contained in a backpack rather than a jacket, was powerful enough to propel the kamikaze's torso away from the explosion and showed devastation on a large semicircle, Of the victims.
An unusual detonator
He insists that the bomb was equipped with an unusual detonator that contained a small printed circuit and not a simple switch as is often the case. The presence of the electronic part could suggest a retarder or even a receiver for remote triggering, or even a combination of both.
According to experts interviewed by the New York Times, this possible redundancy could have been installed to give various triggering options to the suicide bomber or cell that planned the attack. The machine was also equipped with a battery more powerful than those generally used for this type of gear. So many clues that could "come from the fact that the artificer had trouble making a reliable detonator".
Critical level

London on Tuesday raised the state of terrorist alert from the "serious" level to the "critical" level, a first since 2007, meaning a risk of imminent attack. Prime Minister Theresa May announced army reinforcements to support the police, a measure rarely put in place. Nearly a thousand soldiers began to deploy on sensitive sites in large cities. A "temporary arrangement to deal with an exceptional event," noted Amber Rudd. The change in the guard in front of Buckingham Palace, a major attraction for tourists, was canceled, as was the parade for the Chelsea football club title scheduled for Sunday near the London stadium. A minute of silence will be observed throughout the country on Thursday.
The attack on a concert by American pop singer Ariana Grande was claimed on Tuesday by the IA, which threatened to commit further attacks. All the dead were identified and their relatives informed, according to the police, that a police officer was among them. In this macabre list figure Saffire Rose Roussos, eight years. One of the popular daily The Sun displayed the picture of this little brunette smiling face to that of the suicide bomber, contrasting in legend "purity" and "the evil". Olivia Campbell, 15, who had just sent a text message to her mother for allowing her to come to this super concert, was killed. As a Polish couple came to look for his daughters, unscathed them, at the end of the show,
Ariana Grande interrupted her tour until early June, her agents said on Wednesday. "Due to the tragic events in Manchester, the Dangerous Woman tour with Ariana Grande is interrupted until we can better assess the situation and pay tribute to those who have died," his representatives wrote in a statement. According to her initial program, Ariana Grande was to give concerts in London on Thursday and Friday before continuing her tour in Europe and Latin America.
64 injured hospitalized

The situation could worsen: about 20 of the 64 hospitalized patients - including twelve under 16 - remained in intensive care on Wednesday. Nick Lewis, the father of a seriously wounded schoolboy, described nearly ten hours of surgery: her daughter Freya "was sewed, pierced, soldered and reassembled under bandages. The slope is going to be long to go up, but we start. " While Manchester United was scheduled to compete on Wednesday night with black armbands at the biceps, a decisive final of the Europa League in Stockholm, his legend Eric Cantona addressed a message of love to the city: "I suffer with you. My heart is with you. I will always feel close to you."