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Manchester attack: An operation that puts pressure on security services

Security sources are also concerned about the prospect of jihadists returning from Iraq and Syria

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Greater Manchester Police force has confirmed that the explosion in the foyer of Manchester Arena on May 22 is being treated as a “terrorist incident”.

And while the force’s chief constable Ian Hopkins said the attack was carried out by a single individual; he added that the focus of the investigation was to establish whether the individual was acting alone or as part of a network. Hopkins said:

The attacker, I can confirm, died at The Arena. We believe the attacker was carrying an improvised explosive device which he detonated causing this atrocity.

A 23-year-old man has since been arrested