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Manchester attack: Police name suspected suicide bomber as Salman Abedi; alert level raised; troops on the streets

The man suspected of carrying out Britain's deadliest bombing in nearly 12 years was named as Salman Abedi, aged 22, a student at the University of Salford, near Manchester city centre.

Ms May said Abedi was born in Britain. US security sources, citing British intelligence officials, said he was born in Manchester in 1994 to parents of Libyan origin.

Abedi is believed to have travelled by train from London to Manchester before the attack, they said.

"Our priority, along with the police counterterrorism network and our security partners, is to continue to establish whether he was acting alone or working as part of a wider network," Manchester Police chief constable Ian Hopkins said.

Earlier, police arrested a 23-year-old man and carried out raids throughout Greater Manchester including one at a Manchester address which was reportedly Abedi's home.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-23/british-police-name-suspected-manchester-attacker/8552554