Tag: Manchester Arena attack

• Saturday, September 16th 2017 - 07:39 UTC

  UK at highest alert following the bomb in the Tube which caused 29 injured

  

  The United Kingdom terror threat has been increased to its highest level as police continue the hunt for the person behind the Friday underground bombing in south-west London. The prime minister said the threat was now critical, meaning an attack is expected imminently, after a device was detonated at Parsons Green station.

• Wednesday, June 7th 2017 - 06:26 UTC

  Theresa May puts tackling suspected terrorists above human rights laws

  

  UK Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will change human rights laws if they “get in the way” of tackling suspected terrorists. The PM said she would make it easier to deport foreign terror suspects and “restrict the freedom and movements” of those that present a threat. Labour said it was “not the message that we should be sending”.

• Monday, June 5th 2017 - 08:12 UTC

  “Enough is enough” says PM May, “too much tolerance of extremism in our country”; confirms Thursday election

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain must be tougher in stamping out Islamist extremism after attackers killed at least seven people by ramming a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and stabbing revelers in nearby bars. After the third militant attack in Britain in less than three months, May said Thursday's national election would go ahead. But she proposed regulating cyberspace and said Britain had been far too tolerant of extremism.

• Monday, May 29th 2017 - 08:21 UTC

  Manchester, security and patriotism take center stage of UK election

  

  British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attempted to head off potential Conservative attacks on his patriotism as he promised to be “strong against terrorism and strong against the causes of terrorism” after the Manchester attack. Corbyn said Monday’s suicide bombing cannot be ignored as General Election campaigning resumes but called for “quality” debate “without impugning anyone’s patriotism”.

• Saturday, May 27th 2017 - 13:53 UTC

  Armed police patrolling UK trains and rail network

  

  Armed police officers are patrolling on board trains in the United Kingdom for the first time. British Transport Police (BTP) announced the measure in a bid to “disrupt and deter criminal activity” on the rail network after the UK terror threat level rose to critical in the wake of the Manchester attack.

• Friday, May 26th 2017 - 07:16 UTC

  Labour cuts Conservatives lead to five points, according to post-Manchester poll

  

  Britain's opposition Labour Party has cut the lead of Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives to five points less than a fortnight before a national election, according to the first poll published since the suicide bombing in Manchester killed 22 people.

• Thursday, May 25th 2017 - 07:37 UTC

  Manchester terrorist´s family members arrested; search for support network in Europe

  

  The brother of Salman Abedi, the suspect accused of carrying out a bombing in Manchester, England, that killed 22 people, allegedly said he knew his brother was going to carry out an attack, but did not know where or when, according to a spokesman for Libya's counter terror forces.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2017 - 09:50 UTC

  Manchester terrorist with ISIS “proven links” in Libya and Syria; UK threat level at its highest; 3.800 troops on patrol

  

  The man British police say blew himself up as a packed concert was letting out in Manchester, England Monday night is believed to have traveled to Syria and had “proven” links with ISIS. France's interior minister Gerard Collomb said Wednesday that British and French intelligence have information that Salman Abedi, 22, had been to Syria, although it is unclear if he was part of a larger network of attackers.

• Tuesday, May 23rd 2017 - 08:17 UTC

  Suspected terror attack in Manchester pop concert kills 19 and leaves scores injured; Tuesday campaigning suspended

  

  Nineteen people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a suspected terror attack at Manchester Arena. The blast happened at 22:35 BST on Monday following a pop concert by the US singer Ariana Grande.