
A teenager has become the latest suspect to be arrested in connection with the Manchester terror attack.

The 19-year-old was detained in the Gorton area of the city on suspicion of terror offences by officers, who have been conducting raids throughout the day, as police continue to close in on Salman Abedi's terrorist ring.

As it stands, 15 people have been been confirmed as being arrested in connection with the blast, with two released without charge and 12 still being held in police custody.

Earlier today a 25-year-old man was arrested in the city's Old Trafford area. More than a dozen officers swooped on the terraced home area as part of the investigation into the atrocity that claimed the lives of 22 people and injured more than 100.

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Further raids were carried out today as police continue to close in on Salman Abedi's terrorist ring following last weekend's terror attack

One resident said on Twitter there was an explosion near Quantock Close and Selworth Road shortly before 2pm this afternoon

More than a dozen officers swooped on the terraced home area as part of the investigation into the terrorist ring around Salman Abedi

Detectives were also searching addresses in the Rusholme (pictured) and Gorton areas of the city tonight

One resident said on Twitter there was an explosion near Quantock Close and Selworth Road shortly before 2pm.

Neighbour Stephen Cawley, 59, told MailOnline that two brothers were hauled into the back of a police van, but Greater Manchester Police said no further arrests were made.

'We were in the kitchen cooking the Sunday meal and I heard a loud bang.

'I looked out the front door and there were armed police and the army in the front and back garden.

'It was really loud. I thought it was a bomb but I believe it was a flash grenade. It was so loud that to be honest it sounded like a bomb.

'There were about 12 army - six in the front garden and six in the back - and at least 50 police officers.

'Some were armed and some weren't - they're still searching the house.

'It's scary, you don't expect it in your street. It's frightening times at the moment.

'Everybody's got to be vigilant and keep their eyes open.'

Stephen, who lives with his wife Sylvia and is unemployed, said: 'When one of them was arrested he was screaming that they were hurting him.

'They don't exactly mollycoddle you when they put the handcuffs on so he had his arms stuck on his back.

Officers prevented residents from accessing the street and a cordon was set up at both ends of the road to stop access

A neighbour told MailOnline that two brothers were hauled into the back of a police van, but no further arrests in addition

Dogs have been seen at the scene and police have closed off roads in the area

RECAP ON THE ARRESTS SO FAR AFTER THE ATTACK A total of 15 people are in detention in Britain and Libya over Monday's suicide bombing. A teenage boy and a woman arrested by British police this week have since been released without charge, leaving 12 in British custody who were arrested 'on suspicion of offences contrary to the terrorism act'. In Libya, the father and brother of the bomber, Salman Abedi, are also in detention. Abedi reportedly returned from Libya only a few days before the attack which killed 22 people, including seven children under 18, but police are still trying to establish the extent of his wider network. Here are the details of the arrests so far: Hashem Abedi, the younger brother of Manchester Arena suicide bomber, is currently in detention in Libya along after he was arrested by the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord Tuesday Police arrest Abedi's older brother Ismael in the Chorlton area of south Manchester near where Abedi is believed to have lived. Wednesday Police arrest three more men in south Manchester aged 18, 21 and 24, a short walk from the house where Abedi lived. An 18-year-old man, who police said was carrying a suspect package, is arrested in Wigan, a town near Manchester. No further details were given about him. Another man, 22, is arrested in the town of Nuneaton in central England, widening the British police probe beyond areas in and around Manchester. Libya's Deterrence Force, which acts as the police of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord, arrests Abedi's father Ramadan, adding that it had already arrested his brother Hashem on Tuesday. In Manchester, a 34-year-old woman is arrested by police in an apartment block in Blackley, in the north of the city. She is later released without charge. This man, 22, was arrested in the town of Nuneaton in central England, widening the British police probe beyond areas in and around Manchester Thursday A 16-year-old boy is arrested in Withington, south Manchester. He is later released without charge. A 38-year-old man is arrested in Blackley. Friday A 30-year-old man is arrested in Moss Side, an area of Manchester which has been associated with social deprivation and gangs. A 44-year-old man is arrested in Rusholme, in the south of the city. Ramadan Abedi, the father of Salman Abedi, is also being held in Libya along with his other son Hashem in connection to the suicide bombing Saturday Two men aged 20 and 22 are arrested following a raid, involving a controlled explosion, at an address in Cheatham Hill, north Manchester. Sunday A 25-year-old man is arrested in Old Trafford, to the east of the city

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'The other two were just calm - they were smiling and talking. They seemed fine.

'The family has lived there about 10 years. The mother and father are very nice.

'They have four boys and a girl - police arrested the three eldest lads but one has been de-arrested and let go. He's got a bit of a mouth at times.

'You know what all teenagers are like, they don't like being told what to do, they don't like taking any notice of authority.

'They're very polite, the lads, they never give me any problems.

'I'm surprised, I don't know whether they've got information passed on to them if these are people of interest but I wouldn't class them as terrorists.

Local residents said they heard a loud bang – believed to be a controlled explosion – after armed police had sealed off Quantock Street.

Officers with dogs prevented residents from accessing the street and a cordon was set up at both ends of the road.

The property raided is close to the Fade Away barber shop run by Abedi's cousin Abdallah Forjani and one of the first men to be arrested.

Dogs have been seen at the scene and police have closed off roads in the area, with some vans being seen taking evidence away

On Friday police carried out a raid on the high street barbershop run by 24-year-old Forjani, a cousin of the suicide bomber.

His elder brother was also held with both men arrested at their home in Aston Avenue along with their father who was later released.

Neighbours said Abedi and his younger brother Hashem were regular visitors to the house.

Forensic teams continued to search a rented flat in the Blackley area where Abedi is suspected of building the rucksack bomb used in the Manchester Arena attack.

A Greater Manchester spokesman said: 'Today, Sunday 28 May, 2017, officers investigating 'Today, Sunday 28 May 2017, officers investigating the attack at the Manchester Arena have executed a warrant at an address in Moss Side. A search is currently on-going.

'Officers have also arrested a 25-year-old man in the Old Trafford area of suspicion of offences contrary to the terrorism act.

It comes as tens of thousands of defiant runners turned out to pound the pavements in the first major city-centre event since the attack.

There were initial fears the Great Manchester Run would be abandoned after the atrocity on Monday night, but organisers vowed the annual event for 40,000 would go ahead amid heightened security.

Family of first Manchester bombing victim tells Government to 'open its eyes' before more parents lose kids Georgina Callander with Ariana Grande Manchester bombing victim Georgina Callander's family has warned the Government to 'open its eyes' to the terror threat - or more parents could lose children. The 18-year-old was killed in the blast shortly after her favourite artist Ariana Grande left the stage at the Manchester Arena on Monday. In a statement released through Greater Manchester Police, her family said the teenager's life had been cut short by 'evil, evil men prepared to ruin lives and destroy families'. It added: 'I wish I could say that Georgina is one of the last to die in this way but unless our Government opens its eyes we know we are only another in a long line of parents on a list that continues to grow.' Advertisement

Tens of thousands of defiant runners turned out to pound the pavements in the first major city-centre event since 22 people were killed by the Manchester bomber

Armed police officers on patrol as thousands of defiant runners and spectators turn out for the Great Manchester Run, following the terror attack at the Manchester Arena in the city earlier this week

Matthew Hayhurst posted this picture of himself arm-in-arm with his family simply with the caption, 'We are not afraid'

Officers armed with assault rifles were dotted around the course, standing guard as runners trotted by watched by huge crowds who lined the route.

A day after 50,000 watched Courtneeners perform at a homecoming gig at Old Trafford, the home of Lancashire County Cricket Club, the city's streets were packed with elite runners, children and amateurs.

Those running were determined to show they would not bow to terror.

Matthew Hayhurst posted a picture of himself arm-in-arm with his family simply with the caption, 'We are not afraid'

Theresa May revealed her horror that the bomber targeted children as she announced her plans for a new 'Terror Tsar'.

The Prime Minister will create the Commission for Countering Extremism in the wake of the horrific attack at the Manchester Arena, last week.

Mrs May hopes that the new task force will help Britain 'stand up to extremists' and find ways to defeat their 'twisted beliefs.'

Chilling CCTV shows Abedi moments before he detonated the nail bomb in his backpack.

He blends in with the crowd with his casual attire: a £65 Hollister body warmer, his best £150 Nike Air Jordan trainers, a black baseball cap, navy jeans with turn-ups.

Was his hand on the trigger? Salman Abedi on the night that he travelled to the Manchester Arena and detonated a bomb after the Ariana Grande concert, killing 22 people and injuring 119

The possible last movements of the bomber, who travelled by tram to the Arena and may have got in the lift from the station into the venue

A policewoman comforted a young girl following the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena on Monday night. Her mother was later found to have died in the attack

A man is pictured wrapped in foil and bleeding from a head wound after being caught up in the explosion at the Manchester gig

Survivor of Manchester bombing takes in the daughter of her best friend who was murdered in blast Charlotte Fawell who lost her mother Wendy in the Manchester bombing A survivor of the Manchester bombing has taken in the daughter of her best friend who was killed in the atrocity and has vowed to 'love her like her own'. Caroline Davies and Wendy Fawell were at Manchester Arena to collect their children who were among thousands piling out of the venue having watched Ariana Grande when Salman Abedi blew himself up, murdering 22. One of those who lost their lives in the massacre was Wendy Fawell, tragically leaving her daughter Charlotte, 15, without a mother. Caroline Davies, who said losing Wendy was more like having a sister taken away than a friend, is determined to 'not let hate win' and has promised to care for Charlotte as if she were her own child. In a cruel twist of fate, Wendy and Caroline split up to make sure they didn't miss Charlotte and Caroline's sons Lee, 16, and Ben, 12. Unknowingly, Wendy Fawell walked into the path of depraved ISIS-inspired terrorist Abedi. Charlotte is currently with the Davies family in Otley, West Yorkshire, and had the heartbreaking task of identifying her mother's body, according to the Sunday People. Advertisement

In one still, he stares ahead as his hand rests in his pocket, perhaps checking the trigger of the explosive device that he would use to murder teenagers and young children at the Ariana Grande concert in the Manchester Arena.

The images, taken from CCTV cameras, were released yesterday by detectives piecing together the final movements of the callous killer.

And in both pictures, the police have blacked out the background, suggesting they wished to protect the identities of people standing next to him at the time.

The exact location of the image has not been given by officers, but it is believed he could have been in a lift on the way to the Arena's box office.

Only the straps of the rucksack – a bag containing tricyclic acetone peroxide, bolts and nails – are visible in the pictures. At 10.30pm, he detonated the 'highly sophisticated' device, that injured 119 people.

Thousands of people have attended vigils and laid flowers to victims after the attack on Monday night, with a 'I [love] MCR' becoming a mantra of the city as it heals