- 24 May 2017 13:51
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IF I HAD UNDERSTOOD THE SITUATION A BIT BETTER I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY JOINED THE ANARCHISTSGeorge Orwell
A Theresa May stunt to garnish votes? Only one thousand troops on the streets is a pointless exercise? Will all the UK police have guns?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05 ... e-victims/
Almost 1,000 British soldiers being deployed on streets today
.Military to guard Buckingham Palace, Downing St, Westminster
.Soldiers arrive as Theresa May launches Operation Temperer
.Threat level raised to critical, suggesting attack 'imminent'
.Home Secretary: Salman Abedi 'likely' not to have acted alone
.Fears accomplices of Manchester bomber planning new plot
.Three further arrests made in South Manchester over attack
.The bomber: University dropout who turned to terror
.The victims: Girl, eight, among 22 people killed as scores hurt
.Everything we know about attack targeting Ariana Grande gig
.Manchester attack - through the camera lens
Nearly 1,000 soldiers are being immediately deployed on Britain's streets to support police in the wake of the Manchester suicide bombing, as the UK remains on critical terror alert amid fears Salman Abedi did not act alone.
Armed troops will take on duties for guarding high profile buildings and embassies, freeing up armed police officers to join counter-terrorism duties.
Soldiers are due to take up position at Buckingham Palace, Parliament and Downing Street on Wednesday as part of the deployment named Operation Temperer, which is being enacted after security experts warned the Government that another terrorist attack could be imminent. Police forces outside London have also asked for troops.
Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, said: “We have now gone to critical level in terms of the threat. Op Temperer has been invoked and that means that there will be additional military personnel coming to back fill the armed police officers so that they can support other areas.
“Today we have 984 members of the military coming forward as requested by police.”
The authorities are seeking to establish if Abedi, the Manchester suicide bomber who left 22 people dead, was part of a wider network. Ms Rudd has said it is "likely" Abedi was not acting alone.
Greater Manchester Police revealed on Wednesday that three men have been arrested in the south of the city in connection with the concert bomb attack. It follows the arrest yesterday of a 23-year-old man, who remains in custody.
Prime Minister Theresa May has raised the threat level to the highest possible rating, meaning another atrocity is expected. She said a "wider group of individuals" could have been involved in the Manchester Arena blast rather than just Abedi.
It comes as a man with a knife was arrested near Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. The man was detained by police on The Mall just moments before the Queen passed by in a car on her way to an engagement with the Duke of Edinburgh at St Paul's Cathedral.
A picture showed the man surrounded by officers and handcuffed as he sat on the ground, while a police officer nearby held what was believed to be a large blade that had been seized.
The Metropolitan Police said the incident, at around 10.40am, is not believed to be terror-related.
Scotland Yard said the arrest yards from Buckingham Palace was 'not believed to be terror-related'
A police officer holds what is believed to be a large knife that is thought to have been seized from the man outside Buckingham Palace CREDIT: CARL COURT/GETTY
Earlier, the Ministry of Defence announced that the Changing the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace had been cancelled today to redeploy police officers.
Monday night's attack at a concert by US pop star Ariana Grande left 22 people dead, including an eight-year-old girl, and dozens injured. Click here to read more about the victims.
Twenty people remain in "critical care", medics said on Wednesday, with people suffering from "horrific injuries" including major organ damage and potential loss of limbs.
Three of the known victims of the attack - from left: Saffie-Rose Roussos, Georgina Callander and John Atkinson
The decision to raise Britain's terror threat level for the first time since 2013 was taken at a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee.
Counter-terrorism agencies have mounted a massive inquiry into the outrage - the worst terrorist attack since 52 innocent people were killed in the July 7 bombings in London in 2005.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terror group claimed responsibility for the barbaric attack, which involved a home-made device packed with nuts and bolts which exploded in the venue's foyer as thousands of young people were leaving.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05 ... e-victims/
IF I HAD UNDERSTOOD THE SITUATION A BIT BETTER I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY JOINED THE ANARCHISTSGeorge Orwell