UK Raises Threat Level To ‘Critical’ After Manchester Bombing

Hamilton Nwosa
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Following the Manchester suicide bombing, the UK has raised its terrorism threat level to “critical” — the highest level — for the first time in a decade on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Theresa May warned that intelligence services believe an attack may be “imminent.”

Hours earlier, police identified 22-year-old Salman Abedi as the suspected suicide attacker who detonated a bomb as throngs of teenagers poured out of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, killing 22 people.

Abedi is of Libyan descent, sources in Manchester’s Libyan community told CNN. May said he was born and raised in the UK.

Lone attacker?

The suspect apparently acted as a lone attacker and died in the blast Monday night, police said, which left the wounded and the dead scattered across the arena’s bloodied entrance and sent screaming girls running for cover.

The bombing has drawn condemnation and horror from around the world as a heinous assault targeting children.

Teen concertgoer Olivia Campbell, whose mother spoke to CNN during an agonizing wait for news from her daughter, is the latest victim to have been confirmed dead.

Fifteen-year-old Olivia had gone to the concert with her friend Adam to celebrate his birthday. She is one of four victims, including eight-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos, who have been identified.

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