The hunt is on for the Manchester bomber’s accomplices
It seems that Salman Abedi did not act alone—and his fellow plotters could strike again
“WE WON’T take defeat and we don’t want your pity,” roared Tony Walsh, a local poet, at a vigil in Manchester on May 23rd for the 22 people, some of them children, who were murdered in a suicide-bomb attack in the city the previous evening. Muslim charities were present as Sikhs gave out free drinks to the crowd, whose members held placards with slogans such as “Hate does not resolve Hate”. It was a conscious display of unity in the face of Britain’s deadliest terrorist attack since July 7th 2005.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “After the bomb, the hunt”
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