Police continue hunt for Salman Abedi's 'terror network'
Two men are arrested in Manchester after the arena bomber's father and one of his brothers were detained in Libya.
Thursday 25 May 2017 08:36, UK
Police investigating the Manchester Arena attack are looking into a possible "terror network" following the arrest of eight people in the UK.
Greater Manchester Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said: "It's very clear that this is a network that we are investigating."
Six men were taken into custody after a , Wigan and Nuneaton, Warwickshire on Wednesday.
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One of those arrested was the bomber's older brother, 23-year-old Ismail Abedi.
Two men were detained on Thursday, one following a search of an address in the Withington area of Manchester.
A woman who was arrested in connection with the attack has been released without charge.
Meanwhile, the have also been detained in Libya.
Ramadan Abedi, and 20-year-old Hashem Abedi were arrested by counter-terror police in the capital Tripoli.
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Hashem Abedi is believed to have known about his elder brother's plot to detonate the nail bomb, and is also suspected of planning to carry out an attack in Tripoli.
When arrested he is reported to have told Libyan authorities: "I have ideology with my brother... I know everything about my brother, what he was doing there in Manchester."
There was no reason given for the arrest of the bomber's father, Ramadan Abedi, outside his home.
Before his arrest Ramadan had insisted his son Salman was innocent.
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He said: "We don't believe in killing innocents. This is not us."
In developments overnight, police carried out a controlled explosion at a property in the Moss Side area of Manchester.
Two other controlled explosions took place earlier in the week.
appear to show Abedi buying the rucksack police believe he used to conceal the bomb.
The footage taken from the Arndale shopping centre in Manchester was filmed three days before the attack.
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After the almost 1,000 military personnel have been deployed at key sites around the UK.
Police have now , and the Government has announced that a minute's silence will be held at 11am to honour all those affected by the attack.
Meanwhile, Greater Manchester police have warned of fraudulent fund-raising pages on the internet, urging well-wishers to only donate to