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IronLionZion

(45,418 posts)
Wed May 24, 2017, 09:14 AM May 2017

Manchester attack: Three more arrests in bomber investigation

Source: BBC

Three more men have been arrested as police continue to investigate whether Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi acted alone.
Police arrested the three in the city on Wednesday. Abedi's 23-year-old brother was arrested on Tuesday.
Abedi killed 22 and injured 64 when he blew himself up outside an Ariana Grande concert on Monday night.
The UK terror threat level is now up to its highest level of "critical", meaning more attacks may be imminent.
It means military personnel are being deployed to protect key sites.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40023488



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Manchester attack: Three more arrests in bomber investigation (Original Post) IronLionZion May 2017 OP
Britain says Manchester bomber likely had accomplices as focus turns to Libya visits IronLionZion May 2017 #1
Fundie assholes- I'm thinking they need to rethink the death penalty snooper2 May 2017 #2
My irony meter just exploded. n/t eggplant May 2017 #3
The bomber was a U.K. Domestic terrorist? maveric May 2017 #4
The piece of shit was born in Manchester IronLionZion May 2017 #5
Fundie murderers. Rustyeye77 May 2017 #6
His father and brother have both been arrested. nt B2G May 2017 #7

IronLionZion

(45,418 posts)
5. The piece of shit was born in Manchester
Wed May 24, 2017, 01:04 PM
May 2017

Supposedly the cops were watching him based on tips from other Muslims in his community.

And many good Muslims helped people get to safety for free throughout the night.

Either way, we will always hear about closing borders, deporting citizens who were born domestically, and encouraging discrimination against brown people who have nothing to do with it. It distracts us from other issues and doesn't do anything to stop domestic terrorism.

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