Suspected Manchester bomber’s father, brother arrested in Libya

Images obtained by The New York Times newspaper showed a detonator that bomber Salman Abedi was said to have carried in his left hand, shrapnel including nuts and screws, and the shredded remains of a blue backpack.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that the GOP bill would “gut Medicaid” and force higher out-of-pocket costs on older people and others.

Police arrested two more suspects on Saturday over the deadly Manchester Arena concert bombing, as Britons began a sunny holiday long weekend under heightened security.

“As it stands, six men and one woman have been arrested in conjunction with the investigation and remain in custody for questioning”, a police statement said.

Born in Manchester in 1994, Salman Abedi was the third of four children to his parents, Ramadan and Samia Abedi, who fled Libya’s late dictator Muammar Qaddafi to settle in Britain in 1992. The neighborhood has been home to numerous individuals who have been convicted of terrorism charges or died fighting for terrorist groups overseas.

A 23-year-old man was arrested in the south of the city yesterday.

His two brothers and father have been taken into custoday in Britain and Libya as investigators try to uncover what is believed to be a network of terror behind the May 22 bombing fronted by Abedi.

France’s interior minister said Abedi is believed to have travelled to Syria and had “proven” links with the Islamic State group.

Ramadan Abedi, who was detained by a Tripoli counter-terrorism force during the interview, said his son Salman had told his family that he was heading on pilgrimage to Mecca. Among the victims identified was an 8-year-old girl, an 18-year-old college student, a Polish couple who were picking up their daughter from the concert and others.

Residents described Abedi as an “awkward” young man and an “isolated, dark figure” who talked to few people and traveled back and forth between Britain and Libya.

Around a thousand soldiers were deployed at key locations across the country to free up armed policemen to go on patrol.

Prime Minister Theresa May announced Tuesday night that Britain’s threat level had been raised from “severe” to “critical”, and warned that a “further attack may be imminent”. Neighbor Adam Prince said the raided apartment had been used as an Airbnb.

“But I can say that they are perfectly clear about the situation and that it shouldn’t happen again”.

The most recent arrest, of a man aged 44, was made on Friday in the Rusholme area of Manchester.

In a lengthy Twitter post, she said: “My heart, prayers and deepest condolences are with the victims of the Manchester Attack and their loved ones”. “In the last 15 years, I haven’t seen him in trouble at all”.

Britain raced Thursday to track down a jihadist network suspected of orchestrating the Manchester concert attack, while a row escalated between London and Washington over leaked material from the probe. “He really liked them”, said Mohammad Fadi, 25, standing in front of the mosque where the family had worshiped.

While there he fell under the influence of a radical preacher named Abdul-Basit Ghwela, according to a United States official.

“He always tells the youngsters, stay away from it”.

British officials say Abedi recently returned from Libya. And Britain’s home secretary criticized US officials for leaking the name of the bomber and other information.

The photo leak undercut comments from UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd, who hours earlier said she had spoken with USA officials about the “flow of information” and made clear “it should not happen again”.