Advertisement

  1. National

Manchester bomber: Police appeal to find suitcase as station reopens

Manchester Victoria railway station has reopened a week after the suicide bombing which killed 22 people and left more than 100 injured.

The reopening of the station comes just hours after a vigil was held in Manchester city centre for the victims of the attack, and a day after police appealed for information about a blue suitcase bomber Salman Abedi was carrying on the day of the attack.

Here is the latest on the investigation:

  • 14 men are in custody in connection with the bombing, which killed 22 people
  • Detectives have also been searching a landfill site in Bury in connection with the attack
  • MI5 has launched two inquiries into 'missed warnings' over the Manchester bomber
  • Of the more than 100 injured, 50 remain in hospital
  • The UK's terror threat has now been reduced from critical to severe
View all 189 updates ›

Manchester bomber 'spoke to his parents before attack'

Salman Abedi carried out the attack that killed 22 people in Manchester

Salman Abedi, the man who carried out the Manchester Arena terror attack, spoke to his parents shortly before carrying out the attack, ITV News Security Editor Rohit Kachroo has learned.

Abedi's parents are said to have told Libyan investigators they spoke to their son 15-20 minutes before Monday's suicide bombing.

Twenty-two people were killed and 64 injured - 20 critically - in the attack after a concert by US singer Ariana Grande.

More on this story