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THREE MEN WHO were arrested as part of the investigation into the Manchester attack have been released without charge.
Two men aged 20 and 24 from the Fallowfield area and a 37-year-old man from the Blackley area were released today.
Detective Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson, Head of the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, said, “The release of some people can be expected in investigations of this nature as we corroborate accounts that have been provided.
The bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 people died at a pop concert last Monday night. So far 14 people have been arrested in relation to the police investigation into the attack. Jackson said:
We still have a number of people in custody and we will be seeking to extend the custody of some of them as we work to understand what has gone on and whether Abedi was helped.
“There has been huge progress made over the week and the speed of the inquiry remains the same. It will be a long investigation and it will take considerable time before we fully understand what has happened.”
Over 1,000 officers
Jackson said, “We are now more than seven days into the investigation into the tragic events of last Monday night at the Manchester Arena.
We have had over one thousand officers working on this investigation to piece together what happened and to understand if others have been involved.
“The scale of the investigation is enormous with over 7,000 entries on our actions log, which captures our lines of enquiry, within the Counter Terrorism Control room. We have almost 300 pieces of digital equipment, including phones, which we are working through and hundreds of witnesses to contact and take statements from.
He added that much of the investigation has been painstakingly working through Salman Abedi’s last movements.
Police now have also have a good understanding of the likely component parts of the bomb and where these came from.
Our enquiries show Abedi himself made most of the purchases of the core components and what is becoming apparent is that many of his movements and actions have been carried out alone during the four days from him landing in the country and committing this awful attack.
However he added that, “It is vital that we make sure that he is not part of a wider network and we cannot rule this out yet. There remain a number of things that concern us about his behaviour prior to the attack and those of his associates which we need to get to the bottom of.
Police are especially keen to find out why Abedi kept going back to the Wilmslow Road area and we need to find the blue suitcase which he used during these trips.
Anyone with information should call the Anti-Terrorist Hotline in confidence on 0800 789321. If you have any images or footage that you believe can assist us then upload them to Ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk or Ukpoliceimageappeal.com.
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1/4 of a billion spent in 5 years on accommodation for refugees and nobody is happy with the outcome
@Martin Sinnott: The vast majority of them are bogus. They shouldn’t be in direct provision centres. They should be deported.
Not to worry Sinn Fein are working hard to make sure everyone gets Passports , they can look forward to a life on benefits and a trip home to the very country they claimed they had to flee from , but don’t worry everything will be grand and the Shinners have more voters
Ahh the endless waste. Plenty of money in the country folks, just in the hands of cossetted civil servants who haven’t a f*cking clue what efficient means.
€10-€20k per person per annum isn’t a lot to house and fee and give pocket money to someone. No wonder they couldn’t afford to maintain the place.
@Athanasius Alexandria:
400 per week..lot of working poor trying to raise families and survive on that amount..or less
Closer to €250, probably similar to dole, maybe less than dole when you add in rent allowance etc.
Follow the money
Hello Irish friends.
I’m an asylum seeker living in direct provisions. And I really feel apologetic to those of you who are frustrated because of the direct provision bill. I can understand it.
Coming to Ireland wasn’t really a luxurious option that I made. I was set our of my home country waiting Israelis to allow my wife to join me, at the end I had to find a common place for my family. Before I land in Ireland last September, I was thinking I would have a decision within three months, either approve us, and allow us to stay and work rather than being a burden on the state, or reject our application and deport us to any country that would take us as a family. Unfortunately, since the day of arrival, I didn’t have my hearing interview!
I note that most of media are talking a lot about direct provision, but the processing times and application handling mechanism is rarely talked about.
I wrote some of my experience in direct provision in this blog:
http://izz.name/2017/05/15/direct-provision-from-inside/
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