Theresa May warns a fresh terror attack

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Well since no one has started a thread about the terrorist attack thought some discussion would be good. Its bad when your having to put 5,000 troops on the streets.

Scary times 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4535388/PM-says-terror-threat-level-critical.html

Troops are to be deployed onto Britain's streets amid fears a further terror attack 'may be imminent', the Prime Minister has announced.

Theresa May revealed the move this evening, less than 24 hours after the bomb attack at a teen concert in Manchester, which left 22 dead and 59 injured.

The Prime Minister confirmed the identity of the Manchester suicide bomber as 22-year-old Salman Abedi, a Mancunian of Libyan descent.

 

But intelligence agencies fear he may not have acted alone - leaving open the possibility of an active Islamist terror cell on the loose.

Britain's Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre last night raised the terror threat level to 'critical', its highest level. 

 

The threat level has only been raised to 'critical' twice since the system was introduced on August 1, 2006. 

It came after the worst UK atrocity since 2005, when a nail bomber murdered 22 concert-goers as young as eight at an Ariana Grande concert.

Abedi, a Mancunian of Libyan descent, was the son of an airport security worker, MailOnline can reveal.

Police yesterday carried out a controlled explosion at the doorstep of his home during raids around the city. Forensics officers were seen emerging from the killer's property carrying a booklet called Know Your Chemicals.

Police also raided a house where Abedi's brother Ismail, lived and arrested a 23-year-old man, prompting speculation that Ismail had been detained.

Five of the 22 victims have been named as college student Georgina Callander, eight-year-old schoolgirl Saffie Roussos, 26-year-old John Atkinson, Kelly Brewster, 32, and Megan Hurley. 

Security services are trying to establish whether Salman worked alone or was part of a wider network that helped him with the bomb. 

A school friend told The Times that Abedi had returned to Libya in the past week. 

The friend said: 'He went to Libya three weeks ago and came back recently, like days ago.'

On Monday evening he placed a suitcase on the ground in the foyer of the Manchester Arena moments before it detonated, according to CCTV footage recovered by detectives.  

The Daily Mirror have also claimed an investigation is under way on his ties with fellow Mancunian Raphael Hostey, also known as Abu Qaqa al-Britani, a known Islamic State recruiter from the city.  

Speaking inside Downing Street following a meeting of the emergency committee Cobra, Mrs May said: 'Earlier today I said the security services needed to investigate whether Abedi was working alone and these investigations continue.  

'It is a possibility we cannot ignore that there is a wider group of individuals linked to this attack. 

 

'The joint terrorist analysis centre has concluded that the threat level should be increased for the time being from severe to critical.

'This means that their assessment is not only that an attack remains highly likely but a further attack is imminent.'  

It means armed soldiers will patrol key sites across the country, at sporting fixtures and musical events.

Undercover SAS troopers will join regular soldiers in Operation Temperer. 

 

She added: 'We don't want the public to feel unduly alarmed. We've faced a serious terrorist threat in this country for many years.'

She said the response was 'proportionate and sensible'.

The Prime Minister said: 'The liberal pluralistic values of Britain will always prevail over the hateful ideology of the terrorists. They proved that cowardice will always be defeated by bravery.'

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Thanks for posting the story. Scary times indeed. Prayers sent.