ABC News(MANCHESTER, England) — Another man has been arrested in connection with the Manchester bombing on Monday, according to police, bringing the total number of men held in custody following the attack to 14.
Greater Manchester Police said that a 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of terrorist activity.
The police noted that 16 people have been arrested since a suspected suicide bombing killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena last Monday. Two of those people have been released without charge. The suspected bomber who also died in the attack is Salman Abedi.
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Britain’s top counterterrorism police officer, Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, said in a statement Friday that police have made “significant arrests and finds” in the investigation of the attack, claiming they had gotten “hold of a large part” of an alleged network of Abedi’s.
“We are focusing on understanding Abedi’s life; forensically examining a number of scenes, reviewing hours of CCTV from the night itself and the hours and before, financial work, communication, digital exhibits, the accounts from hundreds of witnesses and of course enquiries internationally,” Rowley said in the statement.
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