Britain's MI5 begins internal probe
Britain's MI5 intelligence service has launched an internal probe into whether vital clues were missed ahead of the Manchester attack, as the city yesterday marked a week since the carnage that claimed 22 lives.
Manchester City Council called a vigil in the centre of the northwest English city at 2131 GMT -- the exact moment that 22-year-old Salman Abedi detonated his bomb outside a pop concert by teen idol Ariana Grande in one of Europe's biggest indoor arenas.
The names of the victims, including six children, were read out in front of the city's town hall earlier yesterday in front of hundreds of people at an annual religious ceremony.
A nearby square that has been the focus of remembrance was packed with floral tributes and heart-shaped balloons, as well as runners' bibs left by participants in a half-marathon on Sunday.
"You tried to destroy us but you've brought us closer together," read one message of defiance.
Investigators meanwhile pushed ahead with their probe of the attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State group.
Authorities arrested a 23-year-old man in the southern coastal town of Shoreham-by-Sea, more than 400 kilometres (250 miles) from Manchester.
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