PM Theresa May outside No 10 Police have identified the Manchester Arena attacker but it is too early in the investigation to release his name, Theresa May has said.
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here has been no official claim of responsibility for the atrocity, but both Isis and al-Qaeda have been calling for attacks on the West and issued bomb-making guides.
Ian Hopkins, the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, said investigators believe the attack was carried out by a lone suicide bomber “carrying” a homemade device.
Follow The priority is to establish whether he was acting alone or as part of a network, he added.
The attacker, I can confirm, died at the arena. We believe the attacker was carrying an improvised explosive device which he detonated causing this atrocity.